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In 2011, New York painted a black rooftop white; its peak summer surface temperature fell by an average of 43°F | World News

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A representation of New York City’s white roof initiative, illustrating how replacing a heat-absorbing black rooftop with a reflective white coating helps lower summer surface temperatures and mitigate the urban heat island effect. Image Credits: ChatGPT. During summer, city rooftops can become some of the hottest surfaces in the urban landscape, absorbing sunlight for hours…

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A Florida homeowner covered an entire lawn with cardboard. What happened next turned it into a haven for bees and butterflies | World News

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Image: Food Forest Florida A Florida homeowner took an unconventional approach to transforming a front lawn, covering the existing grass with cardboard before turning the space into a native pollinator garden. What initially looked like a yard buried under layers of discarded packaging was actually the first stage of a deliberate landscaping project designed to…

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In 1946, the U.S. Army sent a radar pulse toward the moon: its echo returned 2.5 seconds later and proved space could answer back |

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Representative AI-generated image of Project Diana, showing a radar antenna transmitting a signal toward the Moon and detecting its returning echo in 1946. Credit – Google Gemini On January 10, 1946, a team of military and civilian personnel at Camp Evans, Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, aimed a modified radar system at the rising Moon and…

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In 2006, 84-year-old Seattle homeowner Edith Macefield reportedly rejected a $1 million offer, so developers built a five-story complex around three sides of her house

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Macefield’s house amid construction | Wikimedia Commons Construction cranes transformed Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood in 2006, where one modest century-old house remained exactly where it had always been. Its owner, Edith Macefield, then 84, reportedly turned down a buyout package worth about $1 million, even as neighboring properties were sold and demolished to make way for…

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China planted trees the Taklamakan Desert for nearly 50 years. Satellites now show the landscape is capturing more carbon than it releases | World News

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China’s shelterbelt initiative has made remarkable strides, turning arid desert borders into thriving carbon sinks. Through strategic vegetation choices, this project now captures more carbon dioxide than it expels. This achievement is anchored in mountain meltwater, vital for its irrigation systems. The initiative showcases the powerful impact of ecological restoration given optimal environmental conditions, though…

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Meet Katie Stagliano, the 9-year-old American who, in 2008, grew a 40-pound cabbage; it fed 275 people and inspired 100 youth-run gardens |

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Katie Stagliano, then 9, with the 40-pound cabbage that changed everything. Image Credits: Libby Gill/LinkedIn Most of us probably throw away our school science projects as soon as the grades are in. Katie Stagliano didn’t. Back in 2008, when she was a third-grader in Summerville, South Carolina, she grew a cabbage seedling for a class…

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In 2018, scientists dumped 30 truckloads of coffee pulp on degraded Costa Rican pasture; two years later, it had 80% tree canopy instead of 20% | World News

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In a unique trial in Costa Rica, researchers utilised coffee pulp to rejuvenate damaged pastures, leading to fascinating results. The organic by-product significantly enhanced soil fertility, prompting a notable increase in woody plants. Image Credits: Google Gemini (Representative Image ) An abandoned cattle pasture in southern Costa Rica hosted an unusual restoration experiment in 2018….

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In 1894, a conservationist rowed hundreds of flightless birds to a remote island; then he lived there for 14 years to protect them | World News

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A kākāpō, the flightless, critically endangered parrot Richard Henry spent 14 years trying to save. Image Credits: @newzealandconservationstories/Instagram Imagine leaving everything behind, moving to a remote island, and living there mostly alone for more than a decade to help save a bird few people then valued. That is what Richard Henry did in New Zealand….

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In 2016, Mark Zuckerberg’s wife Priscilla Chan founded a school; 10 years later and after more than $125 million in funding, board voted to close it

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​Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg‘s wife Dr Priscilla Chan co-founded The Primary School in East Palo Alto, California, in 2016. The school was established to provide tuition-free education, along with healthcare and family support services, for low-income children. Ten years later, after receiving more than $125 million in funding from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), the…

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Vismaya Mohanlal: ‘I stand by what I said’: Mohanlal’s daughter Vismaya responds to criticism over student protest remarks | Malayalam Movie News

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‘I stand by what I said’: Mohanlal’s daughter Vismaya responds to criticism over student protest remarks Vismaya Mohanlal, daughter of actor Mohanlal, has opened up about the criticism she received after expressing support for students protesting over the alleged NEET paper leak issue.Addressing the controversy for the first time, Vismaya said she continues to stand…

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