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A metal detectorist found a silver coin from Magnus Barefoot’s reign, the first of its type in Norway, but it had been deliberately remade as jewelry, suggesting medieva…

A Viking coin found in Norway becomes the first of its type. Later remade as jewelry, showing medieval wealth and economic ...
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Scientists drilled 4,160 feet into the Atlantic seafloor and found water with a chemical fingerprint of 572°F heating, a clue to how Lost City’s rare alkaline vents survive

Scientists found a 572°F chemical fingerprint beneath Lost City, revealing how hot water moves through deep ocean rock.
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Wyoming’s landfill holds 1,124 wind turbine blades, but a Missouri cement plant has already found a second life for 7,000 more

P] On the high plains outside Casper, Wyoming, crews used heavy equipment to saw giant [[120-foot wind turbine ...
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Twenty-five Antarctic guides gave up the job they loved as visitor numbers passed 113,000 in a single season, and the question that pushed them out has no comfortable answer

Antarctic guides spent years showing tourists a fragile continent, until some decided that bringing more visitors was part of the problem.
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Hawaii’s feral pigs damage ecosystems across the islands, and a Big Island sanctuary now recruits live-in interns to rescue and care for them in exchange for housing

Living in Hawaii without making a monthly rent payment sounds like the kind of offer that races across social media. However, ...
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A Hawaii animal sanctuary is offering free housing to travelers, but in return they must spend 30 hours a week feeding, cleaning and caring for rescued farm animals

Free housing in Hawaii sounds tempting. The catch? Travelers must spend 30 hours a week caring for rescued farm animals.
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In the early 1970s, Florida dumped between 1 million and 2 million tires into the Atlantic to build an artificial reef, and the plan turned into an ecological disaster

Florida has spent decades removing over half a million tires from the failed Osborne Tire Reef, a warning about ocean ...
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Mushroom gatherers walked into a Nepalese forest and found a nest built by the only snake known to make one, and officials have now restricted access to the site

Mushroom gatherers walked into a Nepalese forest and found a nest built by the only snake known to make one, and ...
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A study of nearly 10,000 battery tests found used EV batteries hold up far better than feared, with the Kia e-Niro still at 97% capacity after 62,000 miles

A study of nearly 10,000 battery health tests found top EVs keep over 97% of capacity after 62,000 miles, easing degradation ...
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A German startup sells a quantum computer that runs at room temperature in an ordinary server rack, but the qubit count on the label is not the one that matters

A German startup sells a quantum computer that runs at room temperature in an ordinary server rack, but the qubit count ...
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Four snow leopards wearing GPS collars in Nepal sent back 4,707 signals, and three of them crossed into China and India so often that the conservation map no longer fits

GPS collars reveal snow leopards roam ranges up to 97x larger than thought, crossing freely between Nepal, India and China.
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A Colorado farm now grows berries and herbs beneath 3,276 solar panels, and four years of data show the shade actually helped crops survive drought

A Colorado farm grows crops beneath thousands of solar panels, and years of data show the shade actually helped plants ...