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      <news:title><![CDATA[A new study suggests that human women and Neanderthal men interbred much more frequently than previously thought, which rewrites part of the history of our origins]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Xenobots made from frog cells are no longer just biological robots; they now also have something resembling a primitive nervous system, and that changes everything a little more]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[They embraced for 12,000 years, and now DNA has revealed that this Paleolithic scene was even more moving and mysterious than it initially appeared]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Scientists want to build an instrument on the Moon capable of detecting black hole collisions, and the Moon’s near-total silence could be the key to the project’s success]]></news:title>
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    <lastmod>2026-04-28T12:51:08+00:00</lastmod>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Tardigrades have gone from being tiny, extremely rare creatures to becoming true guardians of the galaxy, in a story that combines extreme biology and planetary protection]]></news:title>
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    <lastmod>2026-04-28T12:40:54+00:00</lastmod>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[They froze a brain and then managed to reactivate its electrical activity—a phrase that sounds like science fiction, but is already becoming a central part of real scientific discourse]]></news:title>
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    <lastmod>2026-04-28T12:31:44+00:00</lastmod>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Sea levels could rise 27 centimeters more than predicted and put an additional 132 million people in the danger zone by 2100, according to a new and alarming estimate]]></news:title>
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    <lastmod>2026-04-29T16:44:11+00:00</lastmod>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[It stands over 100 feet tall, is nearly 200 feet wide at the base, and may be older than many famous monuments; now NOAA believes that this Maug coral may hold clues to the future of reefs]]></news:title>
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    <loc>https://www.ecoticias.com/en/scientists-cant-believe-it-an-experimental-drug-helped-mice-with-advanced-alzheimers-disease-regain-their-memory-and-ability-to-learn-by-restoring-a-key-energy-molecule-in-the-brain/31489/</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-04-29T16:32:21+00:00</lastmod>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Scientists can’t believe it: an experimental drug helped mice with advanced Alzheimer’s disease regain their memory and ability to learn by restoring a key energy molecule in the brain]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[An asteroid located about 300 million kilometers away contained the five basic letters of DNA and RNA, and the discovery once again calls into question the idea that life began only on Earth]]></news:title>
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    <loc>https://www.ecoticias.com/en/from-marine-pest-to-business-opportunity-the-curious-initiative-involving-the-rapana-venosa-could-transform-a-problem-that-has-been-worsening-for-years-into-a-new-source-of-income-for-fishermen/31412/</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-04-28T11:01:47+00:00</lastmod>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[From marine pest to business opportunity, the curious initiative involving the Rapana venosa could transform a problem that has been worsening for years into a new source of income for fishermen.]]></news:title>
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    <loc>https://www.ecoticias.com/en/malaysia-replaced-streetlights-with-roads-that-glow-in-the-dark-but-this-futuristic-idea-which-promised-to-revolutionize-night-driving-ended-up-running-into-a-very-down-to-earth-probl/31407/</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-04-28T10:43:28+00:00</lastmod>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Malaysia replaced streetlights with roads that glow in the dark, but this futuristic idea—which promised to revolutionize night driving—ended up running into a very down-to-earth problem]]></news:title>
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    <lastmod>2026-04-29T07:43:16+00:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-04-29T02:43:15-05:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title><![CDATA[Alaska wants to resume helicopter bear “trapping” across an area of nearly 40,000 square miles to save the caribou, but the courts could block the plan before May]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[The Candida auris fungus is once again setting off alarms in hospitals across New York and New Jersey due to its drug resistance and the speed at which it can worsen the situation]]></news:title>
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    <loc>https://www.ecoticias.com/en/the-new-paradigm-of-drought-on-the-colorado-river-reveals-that-vegetation-consumes-groundwater-when-it-is-hotter-which-could-leave-less-flow-for-millions-of-people/31399/</loc>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[The new paradigm of drought on the Colorado River reveals that vegetation consumes groundwater when it is hotter, which could leave less flow for millions of people]]></news:title>
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    <lastmod>2026-04-28T01:21:42+00:00</lastmod>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[A reward of up to $200,000 is being offered to anyone who proposes a solution to stop the spread of these invasive mussels in California before the problem worsens]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Wild boars have been wreaking havoc on crops for years in what appears to be a random manner, but 9,871 reports of damage now reveal that their incursions follow a surprisingly predictable pattern]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[There is already a flight-tested hypersonic missile that, for the first time, runs on storable liquid fuel, and that small technical detail could mean a major shift in defense]]></news:title>
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