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The species was identified by researchers associated with the Natural History Museum of San Marcos University, and its description was published in the Swiss scientific journal Diversity. High in the Peruvian Andes, where thin air, cold temperatures and barren rock make survival a daily challenge, scientists have identified a remarkably small new inhabitant. Measuring no…

The debt conversion was supported by several private funders, including the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation was among the private funders that backed a deal helping Seychelles use debt financing for ocean conservation. The deal helped the island nation increase the area of its ocean under protection from just 0.04% of its Exclusive Economic…

Representative Image of a solar-thermal weed-control system with motorised mirrors directing sunlight on plants in a field (AI Generated Image) A student from Sydney has developed a solar-thermal system designed to control weeds without chemicals, using motorised mirrors to direct sunlight toward vegetation. Daniel Cox, a student at The Scots College in Sydney, developed the…

PC: Muskegon Lake Watershed Partnership/ NOAA Fisheries Muskegon Lake in Michigan has been removed from the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Areas of Concern list after about decades of restoration work. The lake was designated one of the most environmentally degraded sites in the Great Lakes about 40 years ago. In September 2025, it was officially…

Astronomers have, for the first time, watched gas fall onto a neutron star. A team led by Roi Rahin used the Resolve instrument aboard the XRISM space telescope to observe GX 301–2, an accreting X-ray pulsar paired with the massive hypergiant Wray 977. According to a new study published in Science Advances, titled ‘Direct spectroscopic…

PC: 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in 2019 A meteorite that spent decades as a barn doorstop in Michigan has been identified as a new IIIAB iron meteorite. The 10.22-kilogram rock reportedly fell on a farm near Edmore in 1939. After a different meteorite fell near Hamburg, Michigan, in 2018, the farm’s later owners,…

File photo: Cornell University At Cornell University, disciplinary action against seven fraternity members accused of sexual misconduct ranged from expulsion and suspension to a requirement that some of the men study sexual harassment and write “reflection papers” on their conduct, according to disciplinary records obtained by the New York Times.Two men were expelled, two were…

Crop prices and yields can change, while a wind turbine can provide relatively stable revenue Iowa is known for its farms, but its landscape is also filled with wind turbines. The state produced 59% of its energy from wind in 2023, the highest share of any US state. For many farmers, wind energy is not…

For Andernacht, the tournament has become an example of what can happen when people turn personal hardship into collective action. A hockey tournament born from a family cancer diagnosis has grown into a decade-long fundraising effort, turning a group of friends, a few teams and a shared love of the game into a million-dollar community…