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California’s salmon fishery is reopening after a population crash led to a 3-year closure, but that doesn’t mean all is well

Along the California coast, from Bodega Bay to Morro Bay, commercial fishing boats have started pulling in salmon for the first time in three years, and local salmon are once again appearing on restaurant menus...

The US is seeing stronger storms, so why are droughts getting worse?

About two-thirds of the U.S. is in some stage of drought in late spring 2026, yet at the same time the country has been seeing more intense downpours. It might seem contradictory, but both are...

How natural selection helps design antennas, cancer treatments and adhesives

NASA had a big – and little – problem. For a small satellite, the agency needed a tiny antenna, with very specific communication capabilities and very strict limits on size and weight. The agency gave...

Earliest use of anaesthetics uncovered in Chinese doctor’s tomb

Two medical instruments recovered from the 15th-century tomb of a Chinese surgeon carry traces of an anaesthetic compound, the...

Strange new species of blue octopus discovered by scientists 5,900 feet underwater: “It’s beautiful”

On the ocean floor near the Galapagos Islands, a submersible controlled by scientists came across a mysterious octopus as blue as the ocean that "could curl up in the palm of your hand.""He's tiny! It's...

Attack on Iran’s oil released as much pollution as a volcano

Israeli airstrikes on oil facilities in Tehran on 7 March led to sulphur dioxide emissions equivalent to a small...

PCOS to PMOS name change ‘more representative of condition’

Health experts in Jersey say the change helps people realise it is not an ovaries-only condition. Source link

DARPA readies robotic deep-space repair satellite for 2026 launch

DARPA is at last ready to test fueling up satellites in faraway Earth orbits, to keep those machines working a little bit longer.DARPA's (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) long-delayed Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellite (RSGS) demonstrator is slated to...

Mars astronauts may do laundry by blasting clothes with a plasma beam

Astronauts in space can’t do laundry – but that may be about to change. And it could mean that...

Why your brain needs plenty of “Aha!” moments

Last week, my editor, Chelsea, said something that stopped me in my tracks.  She was worried about the ubiquity...
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James Handy: US actor stabbed to death, with girlfriend’s son arrested

Handy, 81, is known for his roles in films including Jumanji and Top Gun: Maverick. Source link
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