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Hurricane Helene Battered the ‘Salamander Capital of the World’ With Floods and Landslides. Will the Beloved Amphibians Survive the Aftermath?

Alexa Robles-Gil Daily Correspondent When Hurricane Helene hit Valle Crucis in North Carolina, the creek across the Watauga River was already overflowing from 11 inches of rain, according to local resident Jessica Valky-Bryant. The swollen creek then went over its banks, flooding and destroying Valky-Bryant’s private road. Trees and mud puddles were everywhere. “In the […]

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Science

Evolutionary anthropologist presents hypothesis about why humans are dominating the world over other animals

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Why is human culture—the shared body of knowledge passed down across generations—so much more powerful than animal cultures? “What’s special about our species?” is a question scientists have wrestled with for centuries, and now a scientist at Arizona State University has a new hypothesis that could change the way we perceive […]

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Entertainment

World Leaders Congratulate Trump on “History’s Greatest Comeback”

The world’s political leaders, including in Israel, Ukraine, the U.K., France and Italy, have began congratulating President-elect Donald Trump on his election win. The Republican and former reality television star emerged victorious on Tuesday, beating Vice President Kamala Harris to the 270 electoral votes to return to the Oval Office. It marks a historic comeback […]

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Sports

Predicting Yankees, Dodgers Players to Sign New Contracts After 2024 MLB World Series | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors

Mike Lawrence/MLB Photos via Getty Images The New York Yankees declined first-baseman Anthony Rizzo’s contract, making the veteran a free agent and ensuring that he will sign a new deal this off-season if he wishes to continue his playing career. Despite making it clear that he did not want to leave the organization, the team […]

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Entertainment

See the Cure Perform ‘Songs of a Lost World’ on Livestreamed Concert

Robert Smith also celebrate upcoming 45th anniversary of Seventeen Seconds and deliver the hits during three-hour, release-night London gig The Cure celebrated the arrival of their long-awaited and much-acclaimed new album Songs of a Lost World on Friday with a release-night, livestreamed London concert. The three-hour concert, coming on the heels of a BBC gig […]

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Sports

Aaron Boone ‘Heartbroken’ After Yankees’ 2024 World Series Loss vs. Dodgers in Game 5 | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors

Alex Slitz/Getty Images The New York Yankees had Game 5 of the World Series under control, leading 5-0 after three innings. But a series of mind-boggling defensive errors and the inability to generate much more offense beyond the early flurry led to a shocking 7-6 loss, as the Los Angeles Dodgers capitalized on the mistakes […]

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