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By analyzing the color of Adelie penguins' excrement using satellite, they were able to reconstruct changes in their diet over the past 30 years. The pink color indicates...
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Japanese highway companies predicted that congestion on the way home for the Obon holiday would be concentrated on August 14th and 15th. Actual congestion may vary depending on...
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Authorities in Charente-Maritime, France, have warned of a high tide coefficient of up to 102 between August 13 and 16. On mudflats and rocky shores, you must get...
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EU packaging and packaging waste regulations went into effect on August 12th. Not all packaging will be banned immediately and detailed obligations will be implemented in phases.
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Children aged 5-15 in England can ride for free on participating local buses during the month of August. We also organize verification points by region and operator.
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British researchers found that mothers' everyday language explained about 3% of the learning gap between income groups.
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German researchers found that the metabolism and aging-related gene activity of tapeworm-infected worker ants changed like that of some queen ants.
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22,141 people at the Pitbull concert wore bald caps, setting a Guinness record. We look at how online jokes became a large-scale performance culture.
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The claim that gravity disappeared with the August 12th total solar eclipse is not true. Explains the difference between real astronomical phenomena and fake NASA documents.
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Everyone in Australia and its external territories on Aug. 11 must be included on a Census form.
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The Perseid meteor shower peaks overnight Aug. 12-13 with little moonlight interference.
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The Moon’s shadow will cross Greenland, Iceland, Russia, Spain and a corner of Portugal, with a deep partial eclipse across Europe and northwest Africa.
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Researchers found a default component in 20 Zbtlink router models that can run unauthenticated root commands.
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Perseverance recorded Earth disappearing behind Phobos from another planet’s surface for the first time. It was an alignment, not a real disappearance.
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A magnetar produced the strongest signal yet of vacuum birefringence. It may be the first direct detection, but more observations are needed.
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Researchers compiled 427 cases of primates playing with, grooming and carrying other species. This is not proof that they keep pets like humans.
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A fictional sports-channel joke became a real 74.5-hour schedule with 23 Ocho debuts. It is a curated festival, not one unified world championship.
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A supermassive black hole revealed itself more than 30,000 light-years from a galaxy center by shredding a star. Its origin remains uncertain.
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Romanian forces blasted submerged rock to send more low-water Danube flow toward Cernavoda. The measured level rose 2 cm the next day, but the long-term result is not...
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Active, marine-derived complex microbes were found in red ice, mud and sediment. They were not detected directly in the brine beneath the glacier.
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Some smart TV apps could route outside traffic through a home connection after consent. Samsung has blocked new submissions and says it is removing existing apps.
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The tiny Pacific island country has adopted its Indigenous name Naoero, and the United Nations has begun using it.
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Rosie took the official overall title at the 2026 World Dog Surfing Championships on a California beach.
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Wales cyclist Emma Finucane won all four of her Glasgow 2026 track sprint events and was chosen to carry the flag at the Closing Ceremony.