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"Listening to birdsong in a forest lowered a person’s stress during experiment"
#Forests #Nature #Environment

Listening to birdsong in a forest lowered a person’s stress during experiment
Sitting in a small, restored forest while listening to birdsong lowered people’s stress and lifted their mood in the moment, according to a recent study published in the journal Environmental Conservation. Researchers asked 106 students at North Carolina State University in the U.S. to sit outdoors in noise-canceling headphones at two spots on campus: A […]

Palm oil firms kept zero-deforestation pledges, but forests saw little extra benefit https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/palm-oil-firms-kept-zero-deforestation-pledges-but-forests-saw-little-extra-benefit/

Palm oil firms kept zero-deforestation pledges, but forests saw little extra benefit
JAKARTA — A new study of palm oil concessions linked to Indonesian supply chains finds no evidence that corporate zero-deforestation commitments have led to additional reductions in deforestation. Tropical countries such as Indonesia continue to lose their forests at an alarming pace. In 2025, the world lost 4.3 million hectares of tropical primary forest, equivalent […]

The Trump administration launches Project Watershed 250, a six-month cybersecurity pilot to protect Texas water systems from cyberattacks (Fox News)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/first-fox-texas-becomes-testing-gro…

FIRST ON FOX: Texas becomes testing ground for new defense against attacks on America’s water systems
Project Watershed 250 pairs AI security tools with Texas water systems to find cyber vulnerabilities before adversaries can exploit them first.

Vor dem unvermeidbaren Absturz: NASA-Weltraumteleskop Swift forscht wieder
Das Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory wird nicht gerettet. Deshalb hat die NASA die Instrumente an Bord wieder aktiviert, auch wenn das den Absturz beschleunigt.

Vor dem unvermeidbaren Absturz: NASA-Weltraumteleskop Swift forscht wieder
Das Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory wird nicht gerettet. Deshalb hat die NASA die Instrumente an Bord wieder aktiviert, auch wenn das den Absturz beschleunigt.

Sydney:
‘Where illegal ebikes go to die’: first bikes seized under new laws in NSW crushed | Ebikes | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/01/this-is-where-ebikes-go-to-die-first-…

‘Where illegal ebikes go to die’: first bikes seized under new laws in NSW crushed
Major Sydney hospital also warns recent injuries from ebikes include fractures, internal bleeding, as well as ‘perforation of certain organs’

from my link log —
Why Casper forked Rust’s rand crate.
https://casualhacks.net/blog/2026-07-27-why-i-forked-rand.html
saved 2026-07-31

Dogs Provide Security and Comfort at Busy Train Station in ‘British First’ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/dogs-provide-security-and-comfort-at-busy-train-station-in-british-first/

Dogs Provide Security and Comfort at Busy Train Station in ‘British First’
London's Waterloo station has become the first major train hub in Britain to employ cute dogs on regular patrols.

heise | Google frisst das Web: Warum durch KI der Web-Traffic sinkt
Google ist keine klassische Suchmaschine mehr, sondern beantwortet Nutzerfragen mit KI. Das hat weitreichende Auswirkungen aufs offene Web – und den Traffic.

Google frisst das Web: Warum durch KI der Web-Traffic sinkt
Google ist keine klassische Suchmaschine mehr, sondern beantwortet Nutzerfragen mit KI. Das hat weitreichende Auswirkungen aufs offene Web – und den Traffic.

Letting tropical forests regrow naturally could cut restoration costs https://www.earth.com/environment/letting-tropical-forests-regrow-naturally-could-cut-restoration-costs/

Letting tropical forests regrow naturally could cut restoration costs
Allowing tropical forests to regrow naturally could deliver major carbon and biodiversity benefits while making restoration far more affordable.

Foundational Industries, which aims to build AI-run factories for physical products, starting with custom data center rack enclosures, raised a $25M seed (Lily Mae Lazarus/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/07/30/forget-

Forget robots on assembly lines. Foundational Industries wants AI to run the entire factory
The startup says software-native factories can leapfrog China’s highly automated manufacturing base rather than trying to replicate it.