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Ground Control Robotics is revolutionizing agriculture with bioinspired centipede robots! These wiggly wonders tackle complex terrains, offering a cost-effective solution for weed control in vineyards and blueberry fields. Could this be the future of farming? #robotics
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Another loggerhead turtle has been injured by a boat, but is being cared for and is expected to recover.

A massive loggerhead sea turtle hit by a boat off Florida’s Atlantic coast arrived at a turtle hospital needing medical care, but at 302 pounds (137 kilograms), Pennywise was too large to fit their equipment.So the veterinary team at the Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach took her to nearby Jupiter Medical Center, hoping she could get a CT scan on a human machine. She was too big for that, as well.They quickly came up with another plan: taking Pennywise to Palm Beach Equine Clinic in Wellington, where the scan was performed on equipment designed for horses. “And, luckily, the horse-sized machine was big enough to fit this lady through,” Heather Barron, the chief science officer and veterinarian at Loggerhead, told The Associated Press. Turns out, they also got a nice surprise: Images showed that Pennywise is carrying eggs.
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Hell of an explosion in a residential neighborhood, caught on film.

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Moving Truck Turns Into A Bomb In Illinois Explosion | Carscoops

The blast damaged multiple homes, but the driver miraculous survived with only minor injuries
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A massive truck explosion was caught on a home security camera in Addison, Illinois over the weekend. In the footage, you can see a box truck traveling down a residential street on Saturday when it suddenly explodes, sending debris everywhere. The Addison Police Department said the incident occurred around 8:40 am and the damage was apparently so severe that they misidentified the vehicle as a flatbed truck. The department later posted an update saying the explosion was investigated by the ATF and DuPage County Bomb Squad, which determined the blast was an accident that was caused by a leaking propane tank. Authorities added the explosion damaged a few homes and the driver only received minor injuries.
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The Biscuit Basin in Yellowstone is the one in which a thermal pool blew up last year. Supposedly that was cause by deposits of silica which filled in openings between rocks, trapping heat and pressure below until it was too much and exploded. Due to worries about similar explosions the Biscuit Basin is closed to tourists this year.

Article with good pictures and a video of last year's explosion: Yellowstone’s Explosive Biscuit Basin Won’t Be Open To The Public This Summer
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Yellowstone’s Explosive Biscuit Basin Won’t Be Open To The Public This Summer

Because of last year’s spectacular explosion and continuing seismic activity at Yellowstone’s Biscuit Basin, park officials are keeping the area closed.…
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A young Coopers Hawk in West Orange, NJ, has learned how to use a crosswalk and its beeping sound to time flying across the street real low to catch birds on a neighboring lawn.

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A Young Cooper's Hawk Learned to Use a Crosswalk Signal to Launch Surprise Attacks on Other Birds

Researcher Vladimir Dinets watched the bird repeatedly sneak behind a row of cars to ambush its unsuspecting prey
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The hawk did it frequently enough that a University of Tennessee zoologist did a study on it.

Results: An immature Cooper’s hawk was observed hunting birds near a road intersection using queues of cars waiting for green light as cover. The queues grew sufficiently long only when pedestrian crossing regime was activated at the streetlight. The hawk apparently learned to prepare for attack when sound signals indicated the activation of pedestrian crossing regime.

Discussion: The observed behavior required having a mental map of the area and understanding the connection between the sound signals and the change in traffic pattern – a remarkable intellectual feat for a young bird that likely had just moved into the city. Such level of understanding and use of human traffic patterns by a wild animal has never been reported before.
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An innovative "ice battery" system is being used to cool buildings and lower energy costs

The "ice battery" system freezes water at night when the cost of electricity is low. Then, during the day, when the price is high, the building is cooled with the previous night's ice instead of using expensive electricity.
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In the heart of Manhattan, four stories below ground, the iconic Eleven Madison skyscraper is being air-conditioned using ice. "There's about 500,000 pounds of ice created every night," said Holly Paeper, president of Trane Technologies Commercial HVAC Americas business, the company responsible for installing the system it calls an ice battery. "And to put that into context, think about three city buses full of ice cubes." The ice battery system freezes water at night when the cost of electricity is low. Then, during the day, when the price is high, the building is cooled with the previous night's ice instead of using expensive electricity. Trane says that this system can lower cooling costs by up to 40%.
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