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Why a 400-mile long fog bank lingered over California for a weekNov 29, 2025 4:47 pm - A fog bank hundreds of miles long in California’s Central Valley reappeared every day for a week and was likely to linger into the weekend.
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Scientists capture the crackling sounds of what they believe is lightning on MarsNov 29, 2025 3:11 pm - Scientists have detected what they believe to be lightning on Mars by eavesdropping on the whirling wind recorded by NASA's Perseverance rover.The crackling of electrical discharges was captured by a microphone on the rover, a French-led team reported Wednesday.
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Lake Lovers celebrate game-changing pilot for Lake County lakesNov 23, 2025 11:45 pm - The Lake County Lake Lovers 2025 Lake Monitoring Pilot successfully concluded its inaugural season, with volunteers contributing an estimated 2,800 hours and producing lab-quality results that saved lake groups a combined $100,800 in testing costs.
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Arachnid super-web reveals the surprising ‘constant party’ life of cohabiting spidersNov 15, 2025 3:38 pm - What is thought to be the world’s largest-known spider's web, housing tens of thousands of arachnids, has been discovered in a cave on the Albanian-Greek border.
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Lost or leading the way? Rare birds may signal shifting migration routesNov 12, 2025 6:36 pm - While vagrants are often considered evolutionary dead-ends, a recent study by a U of I ornithologist and others suggests they could be the vanguard of range expansion and adaptation to changing habitats due to climate change, representing a critical part of the cycle for migratory birds.
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Vibrant northern lights paint the suburban skiesNov 12, 2025 8:49 am - The northern lights have made an impressive appearance across the suburbs this week, and more could be on the away. In towns including Schaumburg, Carpentersville, Huntle...
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Planetary health check topic of Tuesday Green Drinks gatheringNov 10, 2025 1:43 pm - How resilient is Earth? The Planetary Health Check 2025 will be discussed during a Green Drinks event at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Pizzeria de Ville, 404 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Libertyville.
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US skips COP30 climate conference, lobbies to sink new global dealsNov 08, 2025 4:37 pm - No other countries have followed the United States in withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement, but the Trump administration is using a mix of lobbying and economic threats to thwart emissions-cutting and environmental initiatives around the world.
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James Watson, co-discoverer of the double-helix shape of DNA, has died at age 97Nov 08, 2025 3:15 pm - James D. Watson, whose co-discovery of the twisted-ladder structure of DNA in 1953 helped light the long fuse on a revolution in medicine, crime-fighting, genealogy and ethics, has died. He was 97.
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Molecular discovery that won Nobel Prize in chemistry is likened to 'Harry Potter' enchanted handbagOct 08, 2025 8:13 am - STOCKHOLM — Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for their development of metal — organic frameworks that could eventually help reduce pollution...
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