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Iran’s rarest forest is on fire

It's full of rare and endemic species, and it's a UNESCO heritage site. Iran's natural treasure, a 1000-kilometer forest, the Hyrcanian forest has been on...

If you live in these US states you are more likely to get epilepsy

People who live in these US states are more prone to seizures.

Who gave the first kiss?

When you experience your first kiss you might feel like you are the first in the world to feel that way. Kissing, scientists say, occurs...

Neuralink rival gets FDA approval for brain implant device

The Connect-One Study will initially enroll two participants—with impaired speech and limited extremity movement (upper and lower) due to severe loss of voluntary motor control—who...

Urban miner Sortera raises $45 million USD to pull aluminum from the scrap pile

Sortera Technologies, founded in 2020 by Nalin Kumar and Manuel Garcia, is emerging as a major U.S. circular-industry player. Led by CEO Michael Siemer, the...

How the Mediterranean’s most hopeful UN green organizations fail at peace-building

Arab normalization resistance — unchallenged by EU and UN bodies — ensures they remain politically sanitized and technically shallow. The Mediterranean cannot solve climate change,...

UNESCO’s virtual museum of stolen cultural objects

Inside the virtual galleries, visitors will find everything from looted manuscripts to sacred sculptures to objects trafficked across borders and into private hands. Each artifact...

Stoned and driving? High THC levels might not mean you are impaired

Based on the results from the driving simulation, participants with elevated baseline concentrations of THC did no worse on a driving simulator compared with participants...

American college trains medical students on how to treat with cannabis

Students also gain hands-on experience in caring for patients using cannabis, as well as any other medications and illicit substances, after they begin their clinical...

Can a jungle jam? Brazil percussionist finds out

Scientists and sound artists have also translated plant electrical signals into audible frequencies, creating “plant music” that reveals hidden rhythms in living organisms. And Björk,...
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