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A family reunion’s bear feast turned into a medical disaster, thanks to some parasitic worms. In a recent paper, scientists with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention detail how the family caught trichinellosis from contaminated bear meat that wasn’t cooked thoroughly enough. Several family members became so…

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A brown bear holds a fish in its mouth while standing on a cliff of rocks and a baby bear crouches next to him
An Ussuri brown bear and a cub eat salmon after catching it from the beach of Sea of Okhotsk near the town of Rausu on Saturday, September 28, 2019, in Hokkaido, Japan.
Gizmodo : Environment

The Country Bear Musical Jamboree recently announced some changes for a new show in 2024—and apparently word got out to the bear community, because a real life black bear made a surprise appearance at Frontierland at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom.

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A video still shows a bear on a front porch, captured by an automated digital recording device live feed.
A still from a recording of a digital doorbell shows a beer at the front door of a house in Half Moon Bay, California. The bear was caught skillfully opening the front door before leaving without a trace.
Gizmodo : Environment

Researchers at Polar Bears International, York University, and 3M are winners of the 2023 Gizmodo Science Fair for developing a burr-like tracking device that sticks to polar bears’ fur.

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Howdy readers. I'm Phil Rosen, reporting from Manhattan. 

Remember the whole "good news is actually bad news" relationship between the economy and markets?

Well, yesterday we learned private sector economic activity clocked in at multi-month highs, which means businesses are gaining momentum.