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Title : Trees Synchronize Their Bio-electrical Signals During Solar Eclipses: 'The Wood Wide Web in Action' Date of publication : May 26/2025 Author : Andy Corbley  Article Link :   https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/trees-synchronize-their-bio-electrical-signals-during-a-solar-eclipse-the-wood-wide-web-in-action The custom built sensors used to track bioelectrical activity. Summary of  Article : Recently, more evidence has arrived from the Dolomites, which is furthering the belief that trees display group cognition and communication. In the Dolomites a multidisciplinary team, comprising of experts from Spain, Italy, Australia, and the United Kingdom, monitored and observed a forest during a solar eclipse. The researchers witnessed two things: "that trees of the forest synchronized bioelectrical activity during the eclipse," and incredibly, "the process of synchronization was started and directed by the eldest of trees." This process, conducted by the elder tre...

Title : British man jailed for 1986 murder acquitted after 38 years by new DNA testing  Date of publication : May 13, 2025, 5:41pm Author : Clea Skopeliti  Article link :  British man jailed for 1986 murder acquitted after 38 years by new DNA testing | Euronews Image of scientists carrying out DNA analysis in a laboratory.  Summary of article : The UK's court of appeal has abolished the murder conviction of a man that has been jailed for the past 38 years due to fresh DNA evidence emerging. The man, Peter Sullivan , was convicted for the murder of Diane Sindall in 1987. He received a sentence of life in prison. Peter, the whole time, has maintained his innocence, and he is currently considered "the longest-serving living victim of a miscarriage of justice in the UK's history."    The victim, Diane Sindall , who was a florist and worked part time at a bar, was found dead on august 2 1986 after leaving her work in Bebington, Merseyside. She had sadly been sex...

Title : 'Another mind-blowing change': New data suggests mysterious dark energy is evolving Date of publication : Wednesday, April 2nd/2025 Author : Ashley Strickland, CNN Article Link :  Unexpected dark energy finding may change our understanding of the universe | CNN Image of our Milky Way Galaxy. Summary of Article: Dark energy is a term used to describe an energy that accelerates the expansion of the universe. It represents 70% of the energy in the cosmos, and "researches still have no idea exactly what dark energy is." A collaboration, known as DESI (Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument collaboration), includes more than 900 researchers.  This collaboration is based around the use of the DESI, which is a scientific instrument with 5000 fiber-optic 'eyes' that can see throughout different time periods of the cosmos. The instrument, now in its fourth year of serving, can observe light from 5000 galaxies at the same time, and in the next year when this proje...

Title : Sun releases strong solar flares, causing communication blackouts: What to know  Date of Publication : May 20th/2025 12:28p.m. ET Author : Melina Khan Article link : https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/05/20/solar-flare-nasa-space-sun/83741492007/ Image of our Sun producing Solar flares. Summary of Article : What exactly is a solar flare? A solar flare is a burst of radiation from the sun, and they are the most powerful explosions in our solar system. The biggest solar flares have as much "energy as a billion hydrogen bombs," and the most intense and powerful event that we have ever measured was recorded as an X28 in 2003. Luckily, the harmful radiation does not reach us on earth. In a span of two days, May 13 and May 14, the sun released two strong solar flares.  NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) has reported two separate flares that were ranked in the X-class, which means that these flares are on the intense scale. The flare on May 13t...

Title : 2000 metres under the sea - China begins construction of underwater space station where 6 scientists will live for more tan 40 days Date of publication: April 14th/2025 Author : Raquel Article Link:    2000 meters under the sea - China begins construction of underwater space station where 6 scientists will live for more than 40 days Picture of scientists and constructors underwater in China. Summary of article: In the South China sea, 2000 meters below surface, China has officially kicked off the construction of an underwater research station. The station will be built in the dark, at pressurized depths near the city Guangzhou, but this isn't an issue as it will thrive under pressure. This station is equipped with a fiber optic network that is lined along the ocean floor, which is designed to withstand pressures that are a ghastly 200 times greater than at sea level. Built by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, this station is designed for mineral exploration and de...

Title: Scientists say our consciousness may actually be altering reality  Date of Publication: April 27th/2025 10:34AM EDT Author: Joshua Hawkins Article Link:  https://bgr.com/science/scientists-say-our-consciousness-may-actually-be-altering-reality/ Funky brain-wave art. Summary of Article : For the longest time, the study of consciousness has basically been left to philosophers and mystics, but that has recently been changing. Scientist among fields of biology, neuro science and physics are looking into the possibility that human consciousness may alter reality. An evolutionary biologist named Dr. Williams B . believes that our 37 trillion cells may individually contain  a spark of conscience.  He argues that they are not just mechanisms carrying out genetic instructions like machines. Instead, he believes that "they respond, adapt, and even appear to 'decide,'" hinting that a cellular-level consciousness could be plausible. This idea has been gaining more trac...

Title : Meet the Dinosaur Canada Kept Hidden for 100 Million Years Date of publication : April 16th/2025 Author : Melissa Ait Lounis Article Link :  Meet the Dinosaur Canada Kept Hidden for 100 Million Years Tracks left by  the Ruopodosaurus Clava,  in Canadian Rockies. Summary of Article: In the Canadian Rockies, specifically in Tumbler Ridge BC ,and Northwestern Alberta, some three toed Ankylosaurid tracks were discovered in North America for the first time. Traditional, Ankylosaur tracks are typically know to have four toes, not three. These specific tracks are believed to have dated back roughly 84-100 million years, during the Cretaceous period. These new tracks have provided scientists with new insights, as there have been "no skeletal fossil evidence of ankylosaurids in North America," before these tracks were found.  The absence of these fossil records have previously lead paleontologists to believe that these dinosaurs had eventually disappeared from this co...