Trump's UFC spectacle on the White House South Lawn is taking 7 agencies and $60 million to put on—meanwhile the Trump family stands to profit as they sell coins commemorating the fight. More blatant corruption.
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Scientists discover deep sea whale graveyard with bones over 5 million years old
Researchers exploring the southeastern Indian Ocean discovered hundreds of whale remains scattered across the seafloor, including fossils estimated to be more than 5 million years old
Sonny Rollins's father was arrested 80 years ago this past February on charges of committing adultery, violating a taboo of interracial romance with a white woman. He was posthumously exonerated before his son passed.
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Wind energy has long faced criticism for its impact on birds, especially large raptors that collide with spinning turbine blades. But a landmark study at Norway’s Smøla Wind Farm has found a remarkably simple and low-cost solution: painting a single rotor blade black.
By creating high visual contrast, the black blade disrupts the “motion smear” effect, where rapidly spinning white blades can appear almost invisible or blurred to birds. This simple change made the turbines far more noticeable, reducing overall bird fatalities by more than 70% compared to neighboring unpainted turbines. The benefit was especially pronounced for vulnerable species like the white-tailed eagle.
The study, conducted over many years using a rigorous Before-After-Control-Impact design, shows that this low-tech modification offers a practical way to help reconcile renewable energy expansion with wildlife protection.
While smart site selection away from migration routes remains the highest priority, painting one blade black is a promising, easily implemented mitigation measure that could be adopted more widely.
[May, R., Nygård, T., Falkdalen, U., Åström, J., Hamre, Ø., & Stokke, B. G. (2020). Paint it black: Efficacy of increased wind turbine rotor blade visibility to reduce avian fatalities. Ecology and Evolution, 10(16), 8927–8935. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.6592]
If Trump cares so much about "honest voting," why did his DOJ cancel election integrity training sessions for prosecutors and FBI agents and delete a guide on prosecuting election offenses five months before the midterms?
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Some World Cup players and team staff are being questioned or barred from entering the U.S., angering fans and heightening concerns about how immigration enforcement will be carried out during one of the world’s most international sporting events. https://t.co/mdRM2mXIWo