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Scientists develop early warning tool to predict blue fly outbreaks

Scientists develop early warning tool to predict blue fly outbreaks

Loading The stinging cells leave a red line where the tentacle touched your skin and may appear beaded with spots along the affected area. New South Wales beaches were swamped by a ‘bloom’ of blue flies swept by northeast winds in 2021, causing the bites of large numbers of bathers. Dozens of blueflies also washed …

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“A wound to the soul”: a First Nation built its culture around salmon. Now they gotta fly it in the freeze

IEach year in late summer, when the mountain buckwheat turns yellow and the soapberries turn soft and translucent, families from the Little Salmon Carmacks First Nation gather at the mouth of Tatchun Creek to fish for their namesake. The creek itself, in Canada’s vast Yukon Territory, is named after the fin on a salmon’s back …

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NASA's Artemis moon rocket is hours away from launch.  Will he finally fly?

NASA’s Artemis moon rocket is hours away from launch. Will he finally fly?

NASA’s Artemis 1 moon rocket and Orion spacecraft are being prepared for launch at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Huber Red/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Huber Red/Getty Images NASA’s Artemis 1 moon rocket and Orion spacecraft are being prepared for launch at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Huber Red/Getty Images …

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