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In 2014, a tech entrepreneur bought a 1,100-acre Sonoma ranch for $12 million and spent about $33 million restoring it; 12 years later, it sold for a record $38.5 million

3100 Sonoma Mountain Rd, Sonoma A huge 1,100-acre estate high on the slopes of Sonoma Mountain has sold for $38.5 million (£29.2 million), setting a record for the highest residential property sale ever recorded in California’s Sonoma County. The large agricultural property, known as The Summit and located at 3100 Sonoma Mountain Road, was bought…

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Scientists found a fungus never seen before growing in giant panda poop; DNA analysis confirmed it was a new species |

Image Credit: AI Generated Scientists have identified a previously unknown species of fungus after isolating it from the faeces of a giant panda. Named ‘Mucor melanoleucus,’ it belongs to a group of fungi commonly found in soil and decaying organic material. To work out exactly where it belonged, researchers examined its physical features, observed how…

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On Martha’s Vineyard, buyers can pay up to $650,000 for a ‘beach key’ that comes with ownership of a tiny piece of non-buildable beachfront and access to a private beach

Spending half a million dollars on a house makes sense. So does dropping that on a condo or an investment property. But what if it’s used for a ‘beach key’? On Martha’s Vineyard, an island off the south coast of Massachusetts, people are laying down $650,000, but not for the love of the vineyard. Not…

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In 1997, Texas mixed discarded roofing shingles into two 1,000-foot Highway 31 test sections; years later, officials said their performance was comparable to conventional asphalt

Highway engineers in Texas have shown that discarded household roofing shingles can be recycled into durable road surfaces that perform as well as standard asphalt after years of heavy traffic. In 1997, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) built two 1,000-foot test sections along State Highway 31 in the Dallas District using hot mix asphalt…

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A company bought 7,500 acres of England for £8.5 million to create ‘Britain’s Yellowstone’; after investors are repaid, it plans to give the land to a community or charity

‘Britain’s Yellowstone’: restoration project aims to take the greed out of land acquisition A nature restoration company has bought 7,500 acres of Northumbrian moorland for £8.5 million, starting a large rewilding project that aims to eventually hand the land to a charity or local community once investors have been repaid. The purchase of Emblehope Moor…

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‘New America’, George Washington meet & Robert De Niro jibe: Trump unleashes AI-powered fantasies

From De Niro jibe to ‘New America’: Trump unleashes bizarre AI slop on Truth Social MAGA supremo Donald Trump on Sunday unleashed a fiery series of AI-driven posts flaunting the supremacy of Uncle Sam, ranging from his dreamy imagination of meeting first-ever US President George Washington to a blatant jibe at cinema legend Robert De…

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US working on ‘peace package’ for Ukraine after talks with Putin, Zelenskyy

US envoys visit Kyiv for first time after Putin meeting; peace package being constructed, Kushner says US peace envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff met Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Sunday, stepping up the Trump administration’s renewed push to end Russia’s four-and-a-half-year war after holding three hours of talks with Russian president Vladimir…

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After Ohio removed Brecksville Dam in 2020, free-flowing habitat linked to Lake Erie more than doubled to 71 km; scientists later found 15 newly detected fish taxa downstream

A restored 25-acre coastal wetland on the southern shore of western Lake Erie was used continuously by millions of aquatic animals after it was reconnected to nearby waterways, according to a four-year acoustic monitoring study led by researchers at the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The scientific assessment, published in the journal Aquatic Ecosystem Health…

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