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2 months ago | 
nationalgeographic.fr | Dina Fine Maron |Andreas Pein
Envie d’un café dont les grains viennent tout droit de la bouse d’un éléphant ? C’est ce que propose l’un des types de cafés les plus chers du moment au monde. Vendue dans des sachets de deux portions pour environ 140 euros, cette boisson est servie dans les hôtels de luxe et aux clients d'importance. Vous pouvez également en trouver une petite quantité en ligne. Cette boisson coûteuse est produite par le biais d’éléphants d'Asie en captivité, nourris d'un mélange de cerises et d’autres fruits.
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Feb 18, 2025 | 
nationalgeographic.com | Dina Fine Maron
We’re living much longer than our ancestors, but is that always a good thing? More of us are also spending a greater portion of our lives—sometimes over a decade—saddled with physical and mental health conditions that can make it challenging to accomplish the tasks of daily life. To make sure we’re getting the most out of our entire lifespan, biologists and longevity researchers are focusing more and more on ways to boost our number of disease-free and active years.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
nasa.gov | Dina Fine Maron
NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will soon dock with the International Space Station as part of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission, a venture which will enhance scientific research and bolster the knowledge about how people can live and work in space.
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Sep 18, 2024 | 
flipboard.com | Dina Fine Maron
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Sep 9, 2024 | 
nasa.gov | Dina Fine Maron
The experiments are flying as part of the Polaris Dawn mission which launched aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket earlier today.
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Jul 12, 2024 | 
science.org | Christie Wilcox |Kevin McLean |Sarah Crespi |Dina Fine Maron
Today’s Deep Dive explores ancient trysts between human species. But first, catch up on the latest science news, including how a cold-loving fungus infects warm bats and how the climate shaped barley evolution. BREAKING NEWS | ScienceInsiderEuropa Clipper threatened by electronics flawsNASA’s $5 billion flagship mission to explore Jupiter’s icy moon Europa, due for an October launch, could be in big trouble because some of its electronics may be vulnerable to Jupiter’s intense radiation.
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Jul 11, 2024 | 
science.org | Kevin McLean |Sarah Crespi |Dina Fine Maron
Dane County Wisconsin Humane Society Wildlife Center First up this week, producer Kevin McLean and freelance science journalist Dina Fine Maron discuss the history of rodent control and how rat poisons are making their way into our ecosystem. Next on the episode, host Sarah Crespi talks with Jeppe Rasmussen, a postdoctoral fellow in the behavior ecology group at the University of Copenhagen, about why researchers are training artificial intelligence to listen for seals, frogs, and whales....
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Jul 10, 2024 | 
science.org | Dina Fine Maron
Washington, D.C.—The red-tailed hawk was so weak she couldn’t make a sound. She couldn’t even lift her beak. Feathers askew, the usually fierce predator lay motionless earlier this year on an examination table here at City Wildlife, a rescue and rehabilitation center. She appeared dehydrated and anemic, and veterinarian Sarah Sirica suspected the bird had been poisoned by eating mice or rats that had consumed powerful compounds known as second-generation rodenticides.
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Jun 18, 2024 | 
atmos.earth | Dina Fine Maron
06.19.2024 Bird flu recently reached the remote shores of South Georgia Island, home to penguins, seals, and other seabirds. How can we better protect ourselves and our fellow species from future pandemics?
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Jun 18, 2024 | 
hub.jhu.edu | Dina Fine Maron
It was a pair of slippers that got to Hailey Sadler. Fuzzy blue slip-ons, tucked next to a set of bunk beds in a cramped hotel room that had only recently been converted into makeshift housing for refugees in Georgia's capital city, Tbilisi. The slippers' owner—an elderly Ukrainian man—had carefully positioned the shoes for easy access in the otherwise unfamiliar space now overstuffed with furniture and desperate people. The hostel-like room, once a hotel lobby, was now packed with bunk beds.
