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Coral reefs, like research communities, face disturbances, but their response to major change determines their perseverance. When most people think of coral reefs today, they picture coral bleaching and collapse, but there’s more to the story. New research from the lab of Stuart Sandin, a marine bio…
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Cover Image: Victoria Conference Center with artist Josie Iselin’s seaweed banners. Image: Oriana Poindexter.
Author: Oriana Poindexter
Over 700 delegates from around the world gathered in the beautiful city of Victoria on Vancouver Island last week for the 25th International Seaweed Symposium. This…
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Tavarua Island from the Reef’s Edge. Image: Chris Park
[TAVARUA, FIJI] The waters surrounding Tavarua Island are now officially protected, following the Fijian Government’s endorsement of the Tavarua Island Marine Reserve. The declaration is an inspiring step forward in the Pacific nation’s leadersh…
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Cover Image: Aerial view of Isla de Lobos, Uruguay. Credit: Jikatu.
Author: Christy Keating
The sanctuary, years in the making, will protect dozens of species and combat the effects of overfishing.
On a tiny island five miles south of Uruguay’s southernmost point, a lighthouse soars nearly 200feet i…
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Two of Wall Street's biggest banks have very differing views of how the economy will develop this year, but they agree on one thing: Don't sweat tariffs, just buy stocks. Why it matters: Both Goldman Sachs and Bank of America emphasize the continued resilience of corporations, regardless of tariff p…
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Cover Image: Aerial view of Isla de Lobos, Uruguay. Credit: Jikatu.
Author: Christy Keating
The sanctuary, years in the making, will protect dozens of species and combat the effects of overfishing.
On a tiny island five miles south of Uruguay’s southernmost point, a lighthouse soars nearly 200feet i…
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Cover Image: Victoria Conference Center with artist Josie Iselin’s seaweed banners. Image: Oriana Poindexter.
Author: Oriana Poindexter
Over 700 delegates from around the world gathered in the beautiful city of Victoria on Vancouver Island last week for the 25th International Seaweed Symposium. This…
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Cover Image: Researcher Gonzalo Bravo working on photo-quadrats in Argentina’s kelp forest. Image: Mariano Rodriguez.
The Mission Blue Kelp Initiative is a partnership with The Plum Foundation to support the conservation and protection of kelp forests in Hope Spots around the world. Given the ecolog…
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Cover image: Taylor Griffith
Kelp forests are some of the most dynamic and productive ecosystems on the planet, but many people don’t dip below the canopy to find out just how incredible they really are. From record-breaking growth rates to surprising uses spanning food, art, and innovation, here ar…
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President Trump, reflecting on the "crazy" rally shooting nearly a year ago, said he still feels pain in his ear but believes he was "saved by somebody very special" after a July 2024 assassination attempt. "I went through a lot. It was a crazy time, very surreal, actually, if you want to know the t…
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MP pushes on with plans after week of confusion after announcement she would co-lead party with Jeremy CorbynZarah Sultana has launched a fundraising drive and supporter sign-up page under her own name as she pushes on with plans for the formation of a new leftwing party.The Coventry South MP, who a…
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Cover image: Government of The Bahamas dignitaries with Dr Sylvia Earle, MSC Foundation, MSC Cruises and MSC Group representatives at ribbon-cutting ceremony for the opening of the Marine Conservation Center at Ocean Cay, From Left to Right, Daniela Picco, Hon Chester Cooper, Dr Sylvia Earle, Hon Ph…
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Passengers no longer need to take off their footwear while going through Transportation Security Administration checkpoints — effective immediately, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said on Tuesday. The big picture: This is the first time in 19 years that general passengers can skip the T…
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Cover image: Courtesy of Presidence de la Republique France.
(PARIS, FRANCE) – Last week, renowned Oceanographer Dr. Sylvia Earle and Polynesian Voyaging Society CEO Nainoa Thompson joined global leaders in Paris for SOS Ocean, a high-level gathering held March 30-31 at the Musée National de la Mari…
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A team of researchers report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on a new graphene-based sensor design that, through machine learning, was able to develop a near-human sense of taste. This device is the first of its kind to operate in a moist environment, better approximating the …
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Cover image: Tessa Hempson
On Friday, 21 February, the Two Oceans Aquarium hosted Mission Blue and Champions from the seven South African Hope Spots. Dr Sylvia Earle, founder of Mission Blue and legendary marine biologist, joined the Hope Spot Champions in celebrating the growing South African Hope …
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Cover image: Government of The Bahamas dignitaries with Dr Sylvia Earle, MSC Foundation, MSC Cruises and MSC Group representatives at ribbon-cutting ceremony for the opening of the Marine Conservation Center at Ocean Cay, From Left to Right, Daniela Picco, Hon Chester Cooper, Dr Sylvia Earle, Hon Ph…
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Cover image: Courtesy of Presidence de la Republique France.
(PARIS, FRANCE) – Last week, renowned Oceanographer Dr. Sylvia Earle and Polynesian Voyaging Society CEO Nainoa Thompson joined global leaders in Paris for SOS Ocean, a high-level gathering held March 30-31 at the Musée National de la Mari…
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Imagine if you could "print" a tiny skyscraper using DNA instead of steel. That’s what researchers at Columbia and Brookhaven are doing—constructing intricate 3D nanostructures by harnessing the predictable folding of DNA strands. Their new design method uses voxel-like building blocks and an algori…
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Bill Pulte, who oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, applauded chatter stating Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell would soon depart from his position. “I’m encouraged by reports that Jerome Powell is considering resigning,” Pulte said in a Friday statement. “I think this will be the right decision…
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Even in a warming climate, brutal cold snaps still hammer parts of the U.S., and a new study uncovers why. High above the Arctic, two distinct polar vortex patterns — both distorted and displaced — play a major role in steering icy air toward different regions. One sends it plunging into the Northwe…
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When the news started to spread on July 1, 2025, about a new object that was spotted from outside our solar system, only the third of its kind ever known, astronomers at Michigan State University—along with a team of international researchers—turned their telescopes to capture data on the new celest…
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Vashon Film Institute, the non-profit organization dedicated to fostering independent filmmaking in the Pacific Northwest, has announced the film slate for its fourth annual Vashon Island Film Festival. The festival is set for Aug. 7-10, where nine features and 15 shorts will screen at the Vashon Th…
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The Transquaking River feeds into Fishing Bay near Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge in Dorchester County, MD. Photo courtesy of Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program (2018).
[CHESAPEAKE BAY, USA] – The Chesapeake Bay, the largest estuary in the United States and the third largest in the world, has b…
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Artificial intelligence systems like ChatGPT are notorious for being power-hungry. To tackle this challenge, a team from the Center for Optics, Photonics and Lasers (COPL) has come up with an optical chip that can transfer massive amounts of data at ultra-high speed. As thin as a strand of hair, thi…
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Eric Sheridan, co-leader of the Tech, Media and Telecom Group business unit in Global Investment Research at Goldman Sachs, says cloud computing companies are likely to see a reacceleration as AI helps to build efficiency momentum. He joins Romaine Bostick on "Bloomberg Tech." (Source: Bloomberg)
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Artificial intelligence is now designing custom proteins in seconds—a process that once took years—paving the way for cures to diseases like cancer and antibiotic-resistant infections. Australian scientists have joined this biomedical frontier by creating bacteria-killing proteins with AI. Their new…
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Hemp pleased Arsenal poised to sign Smith for record feeWinger says England’s latest win showed team’s potentialThe England winger Lauren Hemp says the women’s game being on the verge of its first £1m transfer fee is good for the sport and “proof ­women’s footballers are great”.It was revealed on Th…