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The property carries significance that extends beyond its ecological value. It was historically part of the Garden River First Nation reserve before colonial-era government reductions altered the community’s original boundaries, explains the online report. At the edge of Echo Lake in northern Ontario, a stretch of forest, wetlands, cliffs and waterways is set to become…

A long-term experiment near Ithaca, New York, has found that white-tailed deer increased the diversity of seeds germinated from the soil and reduced the abundance of woody plants aboveground. According to a study published in PubMed, titled ‘Deer impact seedbanks and plant communities over 18 years of post-agricultural succession’, the deer exclusion experiment began in…

A fossilised leaf from the western Himalaya has preserved a previously unknown fungal species that lived around 12 to 8 million years ago. The fungus, Vizellopsidites miocenicus, was found on a fossilised dicot leaf recovered from the middle Siwalik sediments of Himachal Pradesh.Researchers Sampa Kundu and Mahasin Ali Khan described the species in a study…

Image Credit: Restoring Upland Nature/Website Dame Judi Dench has joined the celebration of a major golden eagle recovery in southern Scotland after the population climbed above 50 individual birds. The actress named one of five fledglings produced this summer as GoldenEye, while fellow actor Sam Heughan named another as Sassy. The young birds are part…

It is reported that the tomb contains the remains of a funerary chapel and a false door, one of the most recognisable features of ancient Egyptian burial architecture. These structures were more than decorative elements. Beneath the ancient landscape of Saqqara, where generations of Egyptians buried their dead, archaeologists have uncovered a tomb that offers…

Not just the caffeine. A new study reported by ScienceDaily suggests coffee may affect the brain through the gut. Researchers at APC Microbiome Ireland and University College Cork discovered that both caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee were associated with alterations in gut microbes and metabolites linked to mood, stress and cognitive function. Those who resumed coffee…

Henry and Jack GroverRiversideunified.org When Henry and Jack Grover nearly lost their Riverside, California, home to a wildfire, the experience changed the way they thought about fire safety. The identical twins wanted to understand why areas that appear extinguished can still contain hot, smouldering material capable of reigniting days later. Their answer was a sprayable…

Ishaan Dokania, the Indian-origin Beaverton sixth-grader (Image Credit: Society for Science) A sixth-grade student from Oregon is using satellite images and machine learning to explore a problem that is becoming increasingly important as demand for lithium grows. Ishaan Dokania, a sixth-grader at Willamette Valley Academy in Beaverton, is among the 30 finalists in the 2026…

At 15, Brooke Sweeney is balancing high school with a business she started at 14. The Northern Kentucky teenager is the founder of Oats Elevated, a company that sells dry overnight-oat mixes designed as a convenient breakfast option. Sweeney developed the business around nutritious overnight oats and began selling the products at markets and pop-up…

Representative Image (AI-generated) Nearly 13,000 years ago, people moving through the Tennessee River Valley faced a problem that had little to do with simply finding food. They also had to learn which resources could be trusted and where to find the stone needed to make and maintain their hunting tools. A new study in the…