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      <news:title><![CDATA[The famous Himalayan viper, first described in 1864, has just lost its unique identity, as scientists have discovered that five species were previously grouped under that name]]></news:title>
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    <loc>https://www.ecoticias.com/en/a-montana-county-commissioner-wanted-to-prepare-his-county-in-case-coal-revenues-dried-up-and-voters-ousted-him-from-office-in-a-republican-primary-that-served-as-a-warning-to-other-mining-communitie/34159/</loc>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[A Montana county commissioner wanted to prepare his county in case coal revenues dried up, and voters ousted him from office in a Republican primary that served as a warning to other mining communities]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[The plague may have claimed the lives of children in hunter-gatherer communities in Siberia 5,500 years ago, long before medieval cities, flea-infested rats, and the dreaded Black Death existed]]></news:title>
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    <loc>https://www.ecoticias.com/en/the-fight-against-climate-change-is-entering-a-challenging-phase-it-is-no-longer-enough-to-simply-reduce-pollution-and-scientists-are-talking-about-removing-up-to-9700-million-metric-tons-of-co2-pe/34150/</loc>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[The fight against climate change is entering a challenging phase: it is no longer enough to simply reduce pollution, and scientists are talking about removing up to 9,700 million metric tons of CO2 per year by 2050]]></news:title>
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    <loc>https://www.ecoticias.com/en/homo-erectus-teeth-dating-back-about-400000-years-found-in-china-have-just-revealed-an-unexpected-clue-about-a-possible-family-connection-to-the-mysterious-denisovans/34145/</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-07-04T18:19:49+00:00</lastmod>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Homo erectus teeth dating back about 400,000 years, found in China, have just revealed an unexpected clue about a possible family connection to the mysterious Denisovans]]></news:title>
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    <lastmod>2026-07-04T18:07:41+00:00</lastmod>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Could an AI model read a whole stack of documents in one go without slowing to a crawl? That is the claim now drawing attention around SubQ, a new large language model from the Miami startup Subquadratic]]></news:title>
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    <loc>https://www.ecoticias.com/en/researchers-have-just-observed-a-jumping-gene-doing-something-extremely-unusual-jumping-from-a-tiny-predatory-bacterium-to-the-dead-cells-of-another-species-like-a-thief-sneaking-into-an-empty-house/34134/</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-07-04T17:54:00+00:00</lastmod>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Researchers have just observed a jumping gene doing something extremely unusual: jumping from a tiny predatory bacterium to the dead cells of another species, like a thief sneaking into an empty house]]></news:title>
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    <loc>https://www.ecoticias.com/en/menstruation-has-been-a-part-of-astronauts-space-travel-for-decades-but-in-2027-it-could-for-the-first-time-become-the-focus-of-a-specific-experiment-conducted-in-microgravity-conditions/34129/</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-07-04T02:42:01+00:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-07-04T12:30:00-05:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title><![CDATA[Menstruation has been a part of astronauts’ space travel for decades, but in 2027 it could, for the first time, become the focus of a specific experiment conducted in microgravity conditions]]></news:title>
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    <loc>https://www.ecoticias.com/en/the-country-with-the-largest-forest-area-in-south-america-may-face-a-momentous-decision-to-accept-large-scale-soybean-farming-and-cattle-ranching-projects-or-to-protect-the-rivers-communities-and-f/34124/</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-07-04T02:22:04+00:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-07-04T10:15:00-05:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title><![CDATA[The country with the largest forest area in South America may face a momentous decision: to accept large-scale soybean farming and cattle ranching projects or to protect the rivers, communities, and forests that took centuries to form]]></news:title>
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    <lastmod>2026-07-04T02:02:27+00:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-07-04T08:45:00-05:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title><![CDATA[SETI tracked the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS for more than 7 hours and analyzed nearly 74 million radio signals; the results point to something less spectacular, but just as fascinating: a natural comet]]></news:title>
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    <loc>https://www.ecoticias.com/en/the-green-economy-has-just-surpassed-10-trillion-and-would-already-be-the-worlds-third-largest-industry-if-it-were-counted-as-a-separate-sector/34113/</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-07-03T19:26:23+00:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-07-04T06:30:00-05:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title><![CDATA[The green economy has just surpassed $10 trillion and would already be the world’s third-largest industry if it were counted as a separate sector]]></news:title>
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    <lastmod>2026-07-03T14:48:24+00:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-07-04T04:29:00-05:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title><![CDATA[The Moon will no longer be just the place where humans left their footprints in 1969; now, NASA and China want to build bases, landing strips, control towers, and shelters there, but a fundamental regulation is still missing]]></news:title>
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    <loc>https://www.ecoticias.com/en/the-united-states-has-624167-bridges-of-which-more-than-220000-are-in-need-of-repair-but-a-new-generation-of-quantum-sensors-could-detect-hidden-damage-before-it-becomes-visible-from-the-road/34104/</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-07-03T14:26:09+00:00</lastmod>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[The United States has 624,167 bridges, of which more than 220,000 are in need of repair, but a new generation of quantum sensors could detect hidden damage before it becomes visible from the road]]></news:title>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-07-03T18:34:00-05:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title><![CDATA[On May 30, a loud boom shook Massachusetts and New Hampshire, and NASA traced it to a meteor that broke apart with the force of 300 tons of TNT]]></news:title>
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