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spacedaily.com > b-bacteria-at-a-plant-in-grangemouth-eat-the-leftovers-of-scotlands-whisky-industry-almost-750000-tons-of-spent-barley-and-two-billion-liters-of-pot-ale-a-year-and-excrete-acetone

Bacteria at a plant in Grangemouth eat the leftovers of Scotland's whisky industry — almost 750,000 tons of spent barley and two billion liters of pot ale a year — and excrete acetone, ethanol and butanol, with the butanol close enough to gasoline to burn in an unmodified engine

14+ hour, 32+ min ago (28+ words) Every liter of Scotch whisky leaves a mess behind it. For each liter of the spirit, a distillery produces roughly two and a half kilograms of spent barley...

spacedaily.com > j-1974-1990-minamata-bay-15m-m3-58-hectare-landfill

From 1974 to 1990 Kumamoto Prefecture sealed about 1.5 million cubic metres of Minamata Bay sediment above 25 ppm mercury under a 58-hectare landfill that cost 48 billion yen

1+ day, 15+ hour ago (26+ words) Stand on the eastern shore of Minamata Bay today and part of the ground underfoot is manufactured: 58 hectares of reclaimed land, capped with mountain soil,...

spacedaily.com > j-2002-iberian-lynx-94-to-2663-census-2025

In 2002 just 94 Iberian lynxes survived in two Andalusian pockets, 54 at Andújar and 40 at Doñana; the 2025 census counted 2,663 across 26 nuclei, with 542 territorial females

1+ day, 15+ hour ago (85+ words) In 2002, field teams could account for 94 Iberian lynxes on the entire planet, and every one of them lived in Andalusia: 54 in the scrub and holm oak of...

spacedaily.com > j-1995-kakapo-recovery-51-to-325-september-2026

In 1995 New Zealand's kākāpō recovery programme began with 51 birds, 20 of them females; on 1 September 2026 DOC added 90 chicks from one season, lifting the official count to 325

1+ day, 15+ hour ago (141+ words) In 1995, the entire known kākāpō population fit into a single ledger line: 51 birds, 31 males and 20 females, spread across offshore islands where...

spacedaily.com > s-adult-females-of-a-millipede-newly-described-from-the-kazakh-altai-have-almost-no-second-pair-of-legs-the-subadult-females-still-have-them-and-in-both-of-the-only-two-adult-females-collected-the

Adult females of a millipede newly described from the Kazakh Altai have almost no second pair of legs, the subadult females still have them, and in both of the only two adult females collected the flattened leg bases block the genital opening

2+ day, 16+ hour ago (705+ words) The reduction appears to be unique in the millipede order Polydesmida, and in both known adult females the flattened leg bases sit over the vulva like a lid. More than forty adult males came out of the same litter sample, and…...

spacedaily.com > d-mit-engineers-made-water-filters-from-slices-of-tree-branches-that-removed-more-than-99-of-e-coli-and-rotavirus-in-lab-tests-after-trials-in-india-the-team-designed-a-gravity-fed-prototype

MIT engineers made water filters from slices of tree branches that removed more than 99% of E. coli and rotavirus in lab tests — after trials in India, the team designed a gravity-fed prototype that could filter a liter of water an hour

4+ day, 10+ hour ago (496+ words) As water crises worsen in developing nations, MIT researchers discovered that nature had already engineered the solution—hidden inside tree branches that cost nearly nothing to harvest....

spacedaily.com > d-australian-scientists-extracted-an-enzyme-from-soil-bacteria-that-produces-electricity-using-traces-of-hydrogen-in-the-air-it-still-worked-after-freezing-or-heating-to-80c-opening-a-p

Australian scientists extracted an enzyme from soil bacteria that produces electricity using traces of hydrogen in the air — it still worked after freezing or heating to 80°C, opening a possible route to small air-powered devices

4+ day, 10+ hour ago (621+ words) Published September 10, 2026 · How we edit Scrape up a teaspoon of garden soil and you are holding several billion bacteria, and a fair few of them are quietly running on nothing but air. The habit is widespread and consequential. Soil microbes…...

spacedaily.com > s-only-two-northern-white-rhinos-are-left-a-mother-and-daughter-who-cannot-carry-a-calf-and-after-39-laboratory-embryos-and-six-transfers-into-surrogate-mothers-not-one-of-the-attempts-has-held

Only two northern white rhinos are left, a mother and daughter who cannot carry a calf, and after 39 laboratory embryos and six transfers into surrogate mothers not one of the attempts has held

4+ day, 12+ hour ago (622+ words) Thirty-nine pure northern white rhino embryos have been produced, and as of April 2026 six of them had gone into southern white rhino surrogates in Kenya without producing a lasting pregnancy. Every recent egg collection has come from one animal, a…...

spacedaily.com > s-hoover-dam-was-cast-in-columns-because-one-solid-pour-would-take-125-years-to-reach-air-temperature

Hoover Dam was cast in columns because one solid pour would take 125 years to reach air temperature

4+ day, 16+ hour ago (633+ words) Bureau of Reclamation engineers worked out that a single continuous pour would have needed 125 years to cool to the temperature of the surrounding air, and that the stresses would have cracked the dam apart. The answer was an estimated 215 blocks,…...

spacedaily.com > k-in-1973-a-reportedly-drunk-driver-flattened-a-tree-in-the-middle-of-the-sahara-which-sounds-unremarkable-until-you-learn-it-was-the-only-tree-for-250-miles-around-a-300-year-old-acacia-so-isolated-i

In 1973 a reportedly drunk driver flattened a tree in the middle of the Sahara, which sounds unremarkable until you learn it was the only tree for 250 miles around, a 300-year-old acacia so isolated it was marked on maps covering half a continent.

5+ day, 20+ hour ago (30+ words) A cartographer's paradox: the one tree so alone it warranted a spot on continental maps, until a drunk driver erased three centuries of solitude in a single night....