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"Minesweeper" wird 35: Vom Windows-Klassiker zum Abo-Schreck
Am 8. Oktober 1990 veröffentlichte Microsoft das Minispiel "Minesweeper". Wer es heute spielen will, muss sich von Microsoft abwenden.

Q&A with Willie Shubert, VP of Programs at environmental news outlet Mongabay, about its global newsroom, publishing news daily in many languages, and more (Rhett Butler/Mongabay)
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/10/buil

Building a global newsroom for a planet in crisis: A conversation with Willie Shubert
For Willie Shubert, journalism is a kind of cartography. “I studied geography,” he says. Mapmaking taught him how to see the world as a system. That systems view now guides his work as Executive Editor and Vice President of Programs at Mongabay, as he helps steer the environmental news organization through one of the most […]

🚁 Small but mighty: A seed-inspired monocopter idea takes flight
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Small but mighty: A seed-inspired monocopter idea takes flight
From a seed-inspired design to a 26-minute flight time on a single rotor, a new monocopter developed by SUTD researchers marks a 10-year journey towards redefining how efficient small flying robots can be.

Yellow fever deaths reported among threatened captive monkeys in Colombia https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/09/yellow-fever-deaths-reported-among-threatened-captive-monkeys-in-colombia/

Yellow fever deaths reported among threatened captive monkeys in Colombia
An ongoing outbreak of yellow fever in Colombia is sickening and killing rare and threatened monkey species in captivity, a new study shows. Between February and May 2025, authorities reported eight deaths among four monkey species in southern Colombia’s Putumayo department, researchers note. Six of the individuals were in captivity: one white-fronted capuchin (Cebus albifrons), […]

Public service announcement:
I am blocking the babka.social instance as the person who runs it (Serge) is a Zionist and a genocide/denier, who conflates being Jewish with being Zionist (“Zionism is a belief that more than 80% of Jews have. Talking about Zionists is talking about Jews.” – https://babka.social/@serge/1151605…

Municipalidad de Montes de Oca exhorta al Ejecutivo a no firmar TLC con Israel
https://delfino.cr/2025/08/municipalidad-de-montes-de-oca-exhorta-al-ejecutivo-a-no-firmar-tlc-con-israel?ut…

"UK rejects total ban on bottom trawling in offshore marine protected areas"
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UK rejects total ban on bottom trawling in offshore marine protected areas
The U.K. government has rejected calls to fully ban bottom trawling in its offshore marine protected areas, despite evidence that the fishing practice tears up seabed habitats and releases large amounts of carbon. Bottom trawling involves dragging weighted nets across the seafloor, often crushing coral reefs and sponges while stirring up sediments. The huge nets […]

"Jaguar cub born in Argentina’s Gran Chaco after three decades"
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Jaguar cub born in Argentina’s Gran Chaco after three decades
A 5-month-old jaguar cub has been spotted along the Bermejo River in northern Argentina’s Gran Chaco region — the first wild-born cub in the region following a rewilding program at El Impenetrable National Park led by conservation nonprofit Rewilding Argentina. Researchers had suspected a birth several months prior, finding paw prints and other indirect signs, […]

Brazil serves potentially contaminated shark meat to children in public schools https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/08/brazil-serves-potentially-contaminated-shark-meat-to-children-in-public-schools/…

Brazil serves potentially contaminated shark meat to children in public schools
Brazil has ordered at least 5,600 metric tons of potentially contaminated shark meat to serve in schools and other public institutions since 2004, a Mongabay investigation has revealed. Shark meat tends to have higher concentrations of toxic heavy metals, as top predators accumulate contaminants like mercury from lower down in the food chain. The contaminants […]

"How climate change could affect production of the world’s favorite fruit, the banana"
#Climate #ClimateChange #Food

How climate change could affect production of the world’s favorite fruit, the banana
Sweet, savory, raw, fried or baked. A main course, side dish, dessert or smoothie. Raise a hand: Who doesn’t have at least one fond memory of the world’s most widely consumed fruit, the banana? Maybe it’s because of its shape, texture or how easily it can be peeled and prepared (when it’s not eaten raw […]