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World’s darkest and clearest skies at risk from industrial megaproject

January 10, 2025124 Views

On December 24th, AES Andes, a subsidiary of the US power company AES Corporation, submitted a project for a massive industrial complex for environmental impact assessment. This complex threatens the pristine skies above ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile’s Atacama Desert, the darkest and clearest of any astronomical observatory in the world. The industrial megaproject is planned to be located just 5 to 11 kilometres from telescopes at Paranal, which would cause irreparable damage to astronomical observations, in particular due to light pollution emitted throughout the project’s operational life. Relocating the complex would save one of Earth's last truly pristine dark skies. An irreplaceable heritage for humanity Since its inauguration in 1999, Paranal Observatory, built ...

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Singapore reclaims its crown as the most powerful passport in the world

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January 9, 202580 Views

Singapore and Japan have broken away from the group of six countries that shared top spot last year to secure gold and silver, respectively. Singapore reclaimed its crown as the most powerful passport in the world with visa-free access to 195 out of 227 destinations worldwide, leaving Japan as runner-up with a score of 193, according to the 2025 Henley Passport Index, which ranks all the world's 199 passports according to the number of destinations they can access without a prior visa, and is based on exclusive official data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Several EU member states — France, Germany, Italy, and Spain — drop two places to 3rd position, and are joined by Finland and South Korea, which each lost a place over the past 12 months and now have access t...

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Study documents extinction threats to world’s freshwater species

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January 9, 202573 Views

Freshwater environments cover about 1% of Earth's surface while accounting for more than 10% of known species. Like many marine and terrestrial ecosystems, however, they are in distress. A new study looking at some of the denizens of freshwater habitats offers a stark illustration of this biodiversity predicament. Researchers assessed the status of 23,496 species of freshwater animals in groups including fishes, crustaceans such as crabs, crayfish and shrimp and insects such as dragonflies and damselflies, finding 24% of them at a high risk of extinction. FILE PHOTO: A scientist holds a calico crayfish (Orconectes immunis) in Rheinstetten, Germany. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski "Prevalent threats include pollution, dams and water extraction, agriculture and invasive species, with overha...

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Celebrities lose homes and flee as Los Angeles fires spread

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January 9, 202587 Views

A real life Inferno for the Hollywood, 100,000 ordered to evacuate A home reportedly belonging to Hollywood actors Leighton Meester and Adam Brody and another owned by actor Billy Crystal were among more than 1,000 buildings destroyed by wildfires raging across Los Angeles, including a blaze that started on Wednesday in the Hollywood Hills. Jamie Lee Curtis, Mandy Moore, Maria Shriver and other celebrities were among more than 100,000 people forced to evacuate their homes to escape the out-of-control fires burning in some of Los Angeles' most desirable areas. A U.S flag flies as fire engulfs a structure while the Palisades Fire burns during a windstorm on the west side of Los Angeles, California, U.S. January 7, 2025. REUTERS/Ringo Chiu The largest blaze consumed nearly 12,000...

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Israel lures Indian tourists with e-Visa

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January 6, 202547 Views

With the start of the new year, the Israel Ministry of Tourism (IMOT) has made a significant advancement in its tourism accessibility: the launch of an electronic visa system specifically designed for Indian travellers from January 1, 2025. This innovative digital solution marks a new era in Israel-India tourism relations, making the visa application process more efficient and user-friendly than ever before. This new e-Visa system represents a significant step forward in Israel’s ongoing efforts to enhance the tourist experience and streamline entry procedures for international visitors. While this pilot scheme currently relates only to Indian nationals residing in India, the intention is to extend the system to all incoming foreign tourists to Israel from every destination. The...

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Massive winter storm to clobber U.S. from Plains to East Coast

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January 5, 2025138 Views

The heaviest snowfall in a decade is possible, could cause power outages, cut gas supplies A blast of snow, ice, wind and plunging temperatures stirred up dangerous travel conditions in parts of the central U.S. on Sunday, as a disruptive winter storm brought the possibility of the “heaviest snowfall in a decade” to some areas. Snow and ice blanketed major roadways in parts of Kansas and Indiana, where the state’s National Guard was activated to help any motorists who were stuck. At least 8 inches of snow were expected, particularly north of Interstate 70, as the National Weather Service issued winter storm warnings for Kansas and Missouri, where blizzard conditions were reported. The warning extended to New Jersey for Monday and into early Tuesday. “For locations in this reg...

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A butterfly collector in Africa with more than 4.2 million seeks to share them for the future

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January 4, 202598 Views

What began as a childhood hobby more than six decades ago has led to what might be Africa’s largest butterfly collection in a suburb of Kenya’s capital. Steve Collins, 74, was born and raised in western Kenya. By the age of 5, he was fascinated by butterflies and started building a collection that has grown to more than 4.2 million, representing hundreds of species. “My parents encouraged us to look for butterflies after visiting the Congo and were gifted a trapping net by some friends,” Collins said. “By the time I was 15 years old, I was already visiting other countries like Nigeria to study more about butterflies.” During his 20-year career as an agronomist, Collins dedicated his free time to research. He established the African Butterfly Research Institute in 1997. Now...

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‘Dinosaur highway’ tracks dating back 166 million years are discovered in England

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January 3, 2025137 Views

A worker digging up clay in a southern England limestone quarry noticed unusual bumps that led to the discovery of a “dinosaur highway” and nearly 200 tracks that date back 166 million years, researchers said Thursday. The extraordinary find made after a team of more than 100 people excavated the Dewars Farm Quarry, in Oxfordshire, in June expands upon previous paleontology work in the area and offers greater insights into the Middle Jurassic period, researchers at the universities of Oxford and Birmingham said. “These footprints offer an extraordinary window into the lives of dinosaurs, revealing details about their movements, interactions, and the tropical environment they inhabited,” said Kirsty Edgar, a micropaleontology professor at the University of Birmingham. Four...

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Your Schengen VISA will now take you to Romania & Bulgaria as well

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January 2, 2025111 Views

Romania and Bulgaria scrapped land border controls to become full members of the European Union's Schengen free-travel area on Wednesday, joining an expanded bloc of countries whose residents can travel without passport checks. Fireworks lit the sky at a crossing close to the Bulgarian border town of Ruse just after the stroke of midnight as the Bulgarian and Romanian interior ministers symbolically raised a barrier on the Friendship Bridge straddling the Danube River. The crossing is a major transit point for international trade, and bottlenecks are common. A view of Romanian-Hungarian customs point in Nadlac, as Romania and Bulgaria both join the Schengen bloc, Arad county, Romania, December 31, 2024. Inquam Photos/Virgil Simonescu via REUTERS "This is a historic moment," said ...

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Dino Lumina, World’s first dinosaur park using large-scale projections

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January 2, 2025127 Views

LA-based PaintScaping, a global leader in 3D projection mapping, has created DINO LUMINA, the world's first dinosaur park that uses giant projections on invisible screens. As guests walk thru the forest, they are surrounded by full-sized dinosaurs that, unlike animatronics, are walking, running, fighting, and hunting. This limited engagement runs at the Dallas Zoo, until Monday, January 6, 2025. A CGI trailblazer, PaintScaping CEO Philippe Bergeron previously collaborated with Daniel Langlois, the genius behind SoftImage—the groundbreaking software that brought Jurassic Park's dinosaurs to life. Dino roars for the crowd "Daniel was instrumental in creating one of the most memorable scenes in movie history, when we see the dinosaurs for the first time," no...