Can coconut waste replace plastic-foam coolers?

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The Philippines is the second-largest producer of coconuts in the world. An estimated 9 billion husks are burned or left to rot here every year. Fortuna Cools makes coolers out of that waste instead of the commonly used expanded polystyrene foam, often incorrectly called styrofoam.

A one-of-a-kind Tyrannosaur fossil helps explain why these predators ruled the top of the food chain

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A Gorgosaurus Skeleton on display.
A Gorgosaurus Skeleton on display.

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Climate experts are underwhelmed by the world's latest attempt to prevent catastrophe: 'Bare minimum'

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A woman reacts as the plenary session goes on during the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
A woman reacts as the plenary session goes on during the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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Texas found startling amounts of a cancer-causing chemical in the air outside Houston. Nobody told the residents.

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A tanker truck waits to be loaded with chemicals at K-Solv, a chemical distribution company nestled in a residential area in Channelview, Texas.
A tanker truck waits to be loaded with chemicals at K-Solv, a chemical distribution company nestled in a residential area in Channelview, Texas.

What you think are aurora may actually be a different phenomenon scientists are calling 'Steve'

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A composite image shows a STEVE (Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement) and the Milky Way at Childs Lake, Manitoba, Canada.
This composite image shows a STEVE (Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement) and the Milky Way at Childs Lake, Manitoba, Canada.

Krista Trinder/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Cormorant fishing has been a tradition for over 1,300 years. Climate change might spell its end.

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Two men stand in a boat illuminated by fire. The man on the left has his arms raised, holding on to many different ropes connected to the necks of birds in front of the boat.
Youichiro Adachi, a cormorant fishing master known as an usho, holds leashes tied to the necks of cormorants as he prepares for cormorant fishing on the Nagara River in Oze, Seki, Japan.

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When to watch the spectacular Geminid meteor shower this week. NASA says skies are ideal for viewing it.

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Skywatcher Kenneth Brandon wrote, "This shot is a composite of about 700 frames from a time-lapse I took in Big Sur, CA. I found 61 frames with meteors in them. Then I stacked the frames and created masks for each meteor. "

Kenneth Brandon

The body of a 150 million-year-old sea monster is hidden under a British cliff, says a scientist. Time is running out to find it.

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A top shot shows Sir David Attenborough standing next to the fossil of the pliosaur, which is about seven feet long.
The skull of the pliosaur is seen here next to David Attenborough, BBC presenter, who is presenting a documentary about the find.

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NASA's James Webb gave a stunning look at the death throes of a star, capturing details Hubble missed

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A picture shows a cloud of cosmic gas with orange blue and green highlights, showing structure.
JWST captured a new picture of supernova remnant Cassiopeia A. The picture was taken in near-infrared and processed to show the invisible light in visible color.

NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Danny Milisavljevic (Purdue University), Ilse De Looze (UGent), Tea Temim (Princeton University)

US agency proposes shooting dead tens of thousands of owls of one kind to save owls of another kind

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Two juvenile barred owls.
Two juvenile barred owls in a tree in Washington state.

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