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07/14/2025

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A Chicago elementary school student named Zach Favors organized a clean-up event at Crescent Park on the far South Side, where he and other volunteers coll

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07/13/2025

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A swarm of earthquakes under the largest volcano in the Cascade Mountain Range has some people wondering if it's rumbling back to life again.

07/13/2025

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07/13/2025

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In a remarkable scientific breakthrough, researchers revived a female roundworm, "Panagrolaimus Kolymaensis", frozen for 46,000 years in Siberian permafrost.

Discovered 130 feet below the Kolyma River in northeastern Russia, this nematode, belonging to a species previously thought extinct, was found in an extinct arctic gopher’s burrow.

When provided with food and water in a lab, the worm emerged from cryptobiosis—a state of suspended metabolism allowing survival in extreme conditions like freezing or desiccation.

Astonishingly, it lived for less than a month but reproduced parthenogenetically, producing over 100 generations of offspring. Genetic analysis, published in "PLOS Genetics" in July 2023, confirmed "P. kolymaensis" as a novel species, with genome comparisons to "Caenorhabditis elegans" revealing shared genes linked to cryptobiosis, such as those boosting trehalose production, a sugar aiding survival in harsh conditions.

Mild desiccation before freezing enhanced its ability to endure -80°C. This discovery offers insights into cryobiology, potentially advancing cryopreservation techniques for organ transplants or space travel. It also highlights life’s resilience, raising profound questions about survival and adaptation over millennia.

07/13/2025

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Ancestral remains have been found at the site of a planned parking lot next to Ontario Power Generation’s new Oshawa headquarters.

In a statement provided to CTV News Toronto, OPG confirmed that the bone fragment was located on July 3 during “archeological work” at the site and later determined to be ancestral following an investigation by Durham police.

The OPG said in the statement that it “recognizes the significance and sensitivity” of the finding and is “committed to working closely with the local Indigenous communities and authorities to ensure a thorough and culturally respectful investigation.”

“Access to the site is strictly controlled, and we are treating the area with the utmost care, sensitivity, and reverence,” the statement notes.

The remains were located underneath a site at 1910 Colonel Sam Dr. that is set to be excavated to allow for the construction of a new parking lot.

In a joint statement released earlier this week, four Ontario First Nations communities said that the proposed parking lot will stand above a historic site known as the Scucog Carrying Place which “has long been used” by its “ancestors and community.”

The First Nations communities said that the remains were located “within large, excavated soil piles.”

“This burial site has been desecrated, and our communities are grieving,” the statement reads. “We believe there is a high probability that additional ancestors’ remains will be found at this site.”

The OPG has said that construction at the site has been on hold since April 10 to allow for archaeological work, which involves the participation of Indigenous representatives.

However, in their statement representatives from the Alderville First Nation, the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation, Hiawatha First Nation and Curve Lake First Nation took issue with the precautions that had been taken at the site.

“It is with deep frustration and upset that we note contractors undertook these excavations and soil piling, seemingly without the information of an archeological assessment, or guidance from a cultural heritage policy, in an area publicly well-known as the Scugog Carrying Place,” they said. “A full archaeological assessment would normally have been conducted before any ground disturbance took place.”

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07/13/2025

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