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Flamingos’ feet and angled beak create tiny tornadoes to capture prey

A new study has revealed that flamingos are specialized predators, using active predatory strategies like creating water tornadoes with its beak. This is far from the prevailing view of flamingos being passive filter feeders.

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Watch: New structures shrink instead of stretching when pulled

Researchers in the Netherlands have created mechanical structures that strangely shrink – or more precisely, snap inward – instead of stretching outward when pulled. This 'countersnapping' behavior could find use in tomorrow's soft robots.

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Bizarre fake birds are turning up in one national park

Life-sized papier-mâché birds are popping up in Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park, and they're quite a sight. By this we mean a sight you wouldn't want to see on a night hike. But there's more to these greater sage-grouse models than meets the eye.

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Armored Venus lander crashes to Earth after 53 years in orbit

A potentially destructive Soviet Venus lander that was lost in space for over half a century has reentered the Earth's atmosphere. Tracked by various space agencies and individuals, the capsule crashed on May 10 somewhere in the Indian Ocean.

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Modular carbon capture tech slashes cargo ship CO2 emissions by 70%

The air at sea might be getting a bit cleaner as technology group Wärtsilä puts its Carbon Capture Solution (CCS) system on the market. The modular apparatus is claimed to capture as much as 70% of the CO2 emissions from cargo ship exhaust systems.

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Massive asbestos operation turns dangerous waste to valuable materials

Canadian decarbonization firm Exterra is tackling a critical environmental issue that's not talked about often: cleaning up the mineral waste left behind in asbestos mines after decades of extraction.

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Massive asbestos operation turns dangerous waste to valuable materials

Canadian decarbonization firm Exterra is tackling a critical environmental issue that's not talked about often: cleaning up the mineral waste left behind in asbestos mines after decades of extraction.

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We now have evidence of how old trees share critical intel with forest youth

Remarkable research has unlocked new understanding of the mysterious ways trees communicate and share knowledge – and much like in the animal kingdom, the wisdom of age plays a key role. In fact, you may never look at a tree in the same way again.

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Iron-fortified lumber could be a greener alternative to steel beams

Although lumber does show promise as a renewable alternative to structural materials such as steel, it still tends to be weaker than those substances. Scientists have now set about addressing that shortcoming, by strengthening wood with added iron.

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