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Video shows small plane clip pickup truck during emergency landing on busy Florida road
Video captures a small plane making an emergency landing on a North Fort Myers road, clipping a pickup truck as it touches down on the asphalt.
Fox News2026/11/08
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Smash it, don’t trash it: Fishtown Neighbors Association hosts pumpkin composting ‘smackdown’
WHYY2026/11/08
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NASA Announces $1 Million to Students for Moon Base Challenge
NASA2026/11/08
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Physicists listened to electrical noise to crack a superconductor mystery
Ars Technica2026/11/08
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A nuclear blast could save Earth from an asteroid, but there's a catch
ScienceDaily2026/11/08

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APOD: 2026 November 8 – Major Fireball Meteor
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 November 8 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos!
NASA2026/11/08
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NASA Awards Moon Base Transportation, Technology, Science Projects
NASA announced a suite of awards and mission updates on Saturday to expand the agency’s Moon Base exploration, science, and infrastructure capabilities.
NASA2026/11/07
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Father Calls Daughter, the Co-Pilot Killed in Florida Crash, ‘a Hero’
Allan Filgueiras said during a news conference that his daughter, Nathalia, 20, fought to the final seconds as a private jet carrying nine people crashed near Palm Beach, Fla.
The New York Times2026/11/07
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Microplastics found in freshly fallen snow in Sierra Nevada
Microplastics are everywhere — including in Nevada’s snowpack. After years of skiing on freshly fallen snow in remote locations across the Sierra Nevada, Aleksandra Karapetrova — an environmental toxicologist at the University of…
Utah News Dispatch2026/11/07
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With an ode to mate, Pope Leo urges faithful in Uruguay to build bridges of fraternity and faith
More than 30,000 people — many from Uruguay but also from neighboring Argentina and Brazil — had registered in advance to attend the service. The Vatican said Saturday that another 10,000 had attended, despite the morning rain.
PBS News2026/11/07
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NASA Seeks Next Generation of Explorers to Join Astronaut Corps
NASA is looking for the explorers who will help write the next chapter of human spaceflight. Applications are now open for the agency’s next class of astronauts, who will join NASA as America returns to the Moon, builds the Moon Base, and…
NASA2026/11/07
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Want to fly to the moon? NASA is looking for new astronauts to help grow its Artemis program
Want to fly to the moon and help build a permanent lunar base.
The Seattle Times2026/11/07
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The Bantu expansion changed Africa. Scientists are still tracing how.
Genes and archaeology are revealing how Bantu speakers spread across much of Africa.
Ars Technica2026/11/07
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Human bodies produce 2 billion metric tons of CO2 a year just by staying alive
Humans collectively produce more than 2 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide annually just by turning food into energy, a 74% increase over three decades largely driven by population growth.
ScienceDaily2026/11/07
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Scientists discover Europe's ancient forests were nothing like we imagined
Scientists have uncovered evidence that Europe was dominated for more than 20 million years by open woodlands, colorful meadows, and large grazing animals, not the dense forests long considered its natural state.
ScienceDaily2026/11/07
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Rubin Observatory discovers two hidden companions of the Milky Way. Hundreds more may be waiting
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has already uncovered two previously unknown companions of the Milky Way using preliminary observations covering just 7% of the night sky.
ScienceDaily2026/11/07
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The race is on to build the first fusion power plant — and Europe is looking to Japan for help
Fusion energy has the potential to provide abundant, clean power. Now, the race is on to develop the world’s first commercial plant.
CNBC2026/11/07

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