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washingtons historic east potomac golf course could lose up to 529 trees with 169 slated for removal starting october 10 image credit tasos katopodisgetty images for democracy forward

Washington’s historic East Potomac golf course could lose up to 529 trees, with 169 slated for removal starting October 10; officials call it maintenance as a lawsuit challenges the park’s possible redesign

Washington’s historic East Potomac Golf Links is facing another round of tree removals as the Trump administration weighs a potential overhaul of the century-old public golf course. According to reporting by The Washington Post and Axios, the National Park Service (NPS) has defended the clearing as maintenance, even as preservationists and park users question whether…

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A Texas family spent nearly eight years fighting over the 65,000-acre Brite Ranch, worth at least $60 million; days before trial, the heirs agreed to divide the historic property into four pieces

A bitter family dispute over one of West Texas’s most historic ranches has taken an unexpected turn, with the heirs agreeing to divide the sprawling property rather than force a sale of the entire estate. The agreement involving the 65,000-acre Brite Ranch was reported by The Big Bend Sentinel on October 8, 2026, shortly before…

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the newly discovered tooth provides another reason to reconsider how the region looked in the distant past the report claims

Scientists found a 9-million-year-old capybara relative’s tooth in Chile’s Atacama Desert, one of Earth’s driest places; the water-loving animal adds evidence that the region once supported wetlands and a much wetter climate

The newly discovered tooth provides another reason to reconsider how the region looked in the distant past, the report claims. The Atacama Desert is a landscape where water is measured in millimetres, not rivers. Today, parts of this vast Chilean desert receive almost no rain, making the discovery of an animal that depended on plentiful…

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UC San Diego biologists identified the genetic switch that gave butterflies an extra light-detecting cell in their eyes, expanding their colour vision beyond imagination

The researchers found that butterflies did not redesign their entire visual system. Instead, they effectively duplicated one component of the existing arrangement, adding a second R7 photoreceptor to each eye unit. A butterfly’s world is not simply brighter or more colourful than ours. It is built from a richer visual vocabulary, one shaped by an…

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futuristic flying saucer bridge

The Netherlands built a 72-metre bicycle roundabout above a busy junction; 24 steel cables suspend the circular bridge from a 70-metre pylon | World News

Representative Image of a circular bridge resembling a flying saucer, suspended above traffic, with cyclists and pedestrians crossing above ( AI Generrated Image) At a busy junction in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, cyclists ride around a circular bridge suspended above motor traffic. Known as the Hovenring, the structure resembles a flying saucer held aloft by a…

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a 100 kg green anaconda can almost vanish in the amazon scientists found giant snakes hiding under logs leaf matter vegetation and riverbanks

A 100-kg green anaconda can almost vanish in the Amazon; scientists found giant snakes hiding under logs, leaf matter, vegetation, and riverbanks |

Green anacondas can remain difficult to spot in the western Amazon, even when they weigh 100 kg. A study of the snakes in Peru found that they were usually visible only when basking. When they were not basking, radio-tracked anacondas were almost always partly or completely concealed by fallen logs, leaf matter, submerged vegetation, fallen…

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