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      <news:title><![CDATA[Extinct for more than 150 years, 158 giant tortoises are returning to Floreana, and their return could revitalize an ecosystem that has been quietly deteriorating for generations]]></news:title>
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    <loc>https://www.ecoticias.com/en/astronomers-are-holding-their-breath-one-of-the-most-massive-stars-in-the-universe-has-entered-a-strange-and-unstable-phase-and-no-one-knows-what-might-happen-next/30857/</loc>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Astronomers are holding their breath: one of the most massive stars in the universe has entered a strange and unstable phase, and no one knows what might happen next]]></news:title>
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    <loc>https://www.ecoticias.com/en/no-drills-no-lasers-no-giant-robots-the-latest-outlandish-idea-in-space-mining-involves-a-box-the-size-of-a-tupperware-container-and-microbes-capable-of-extracting-metals-from-a-meteorite-in-orbit/30847/</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-04-14T13:35:52+00:00</lastmod>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[No drills, no lasers, no giant robots: the latest outlandish idea in space mining involves a box the size of a Tupperware container and microbes capable of extracting metals from a meteorite in orbit]]></news:title>
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    <loc>https://www.ecoticias.com/en/a-comprehensive-study-identifies-four-ages-at-which-the-brain-changes-course-and-one-of-them-is-much-more-surprising-than-expected/30842/</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-04-14T13:25:23+00:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-04-15T08:45:00-05:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title><![CDATA[A comprehensive study identifies four ages at which the brain changes course, and one of them is much more surprising than expected]]></news:title>
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    <loc>https://www.ecoticias.com/en/nasa-is-testing-an-idea-in-orbit-that-once-seemed-like-science-fiction-and-has-discovered-that-a-fungus-can-extract-valuable-metals-from-space-rocks-400-kilometers-above-earth/30838/</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-04-14T13:13:26+00:00</lastmod>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[NASA is testing an idea in orbit that once seemed like science fiction and has discovered that a fungus can extract valuable metals from space rocks 400 kilometers above Earth]]></news:title>
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    <loc>https://www.ecoticias.com/en/india-is-inaugurating-its-first-red-road-to-save-wildlife-and-the-trick-is-not-fences-or-speed-cameras-but-a-surface-that-forces-drivers-to-slow-down-almost-without-realizing-it/30825/</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-04-14T10:45:56+00:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-04-14T18:00:00-05:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title><![CDATA[India is inaugurating its first “red road” to save wildlife, and the trick is not fences or speed cameras, but a surface that forces drivers to slow down almost without realizing it.]]></news:title>
      <news:keywords>Mobility</news:keywords>
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    <loc>https://www.ecoticias.com/en/scientists-have-discovered-that-a-young-region-of-mars-did-not-cool-as-quickly-as-previously-thought-and-that-its-magmatic-system-continued-to-evolve-quietly-for-millions-of-years/30818/</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-04-14T10:49:00+00:00</lastmod>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Scientists have discovered that a “young” region of Mars did not cool as quickly as previously thought, and that its magmatic system continued to evolve quietly for millions of years]]></news:title>
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    <loc>https://www.ecoticias.com/en/psychology-suggests-that-the-loneliest-people-in-life-are-not-usually-the-outcasts-but-rather-those-kind-competent-and-always-available-individuals-whom-everyone-values-but-whom-almost-no-one-call/30813/</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-04-14T10:50:16+00:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-04-14T15:00:00-05:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title><![CDATA[Psychology suggests that the loneliest people in life are not usually the outcasts, but rather those kind, competent, and always-available individuals whom everyone values, but whom almost no one calls to ask how they are doing because they seem too strong to need care]]></news:title>
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    <loc>https://www.ecoticias.com/en/everest-pales-in-comparison-to-what-has-been-found-beneath-africa-and-the-pacific/30809/</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-04-14T10:50:37+00:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-04-14T12:30:00-05:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title><![CDATA[Everest pales in comparison to what has been found beneath Africa and the Pacific]]></news:title>
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    <loc>https://www.ecoticias.com/en/a-183-million-year-old-black-rock-is-broken-open-in-germany-and-the-golden-sheen-of-this-jurassic-fossil-turns-out-to-be-something-other-than-what-everyone-had-believed-for-decades/30805/</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-04-13T21:13:08+00:00</lastmod>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[A 183-million-year-old black rock is broken open in Germany, and the golden sheen of this Jurassic fossil turns out to be something other than what everyone had believed for decades]]></news:title>
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    <loc>https://www.ecoticias.com/en/goodbye-to-toilet-paper-your-days-are-numbered-and-thousands-of-people-are-already-using-these-cleaner-cheaper-and-more-eco-friendly-alternatives/28819/</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-04-14T14:42:07+00:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-04-14T09:42:00-05:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title><![CDATA[Goodbye to toilet paper: your days are numbered, and thousands of people are already using these cleaner, cheaper, and more eco-friendly alternatives]]></news:title>
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    <loc>https://www.ecoticias.com/en/engineers-have-developed-a-material-capable-of-self-repairing-more-than-1000-times-which-promises-to-extend-the-service-life-of-key-components-in-airplanes-cars-and-wind-turbines-for-centuries/30800/</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-04-14T10:52:21+00:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-04-14T08:45:00-05:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title><![CDATA[Engineers have developed a material capable of self-repairing more than 1,000 times, which promises to extend the service life of key components in airplanes, cars, and wind turbines for centuries]]></news:title>
      <news:keywords>Technology</news:keywords>
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    <lastmod>2026-04-14T13:41:54+00:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-04-14T08:41:53-05:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title><![CDATA[Psychology tells us that adults who DON’T have close friends aren’t necessarily introverted or cold; many simply learned long ago that letting others get too close was the quickest way to get hurt]]></news:title>
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    <loc>https://www.ecoticias.com/en/perhaps-the-biggest-problem-with-electric-cars-isnt-the-battery-but-a-magnet-that-fails-in-the-heat/30796/</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-04-13T17:53:19+00:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-04-14T06:34:00-05:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title><![CDATA[Perhaps the biggest problem with electric cars isn’t the battery, but a magnet that fails in the heat]]></news:title>
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    <loc>https://www.ecoticias.com/en/we-were-looking-for-rocks-but-instead-we-found-an-abandoned-nuclear-bunker-admits-alex-gardner-that-day-240-km-off-the-coast-of-greenland-when-a-research-aircraft-discovered-tunnels/30737/</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-04-14T08:13:37+00:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-04-14T03:13:36-05:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title><![CDATA[“We were looking for rocks, but instead we found an abandoned nuclear bunker,” admits Alex Gardner: that day, 240 km off the coast of Greenland, when a research aircraft discovered tunnels laid out in a checkerboard pattern and secrets from 1959 that are now coming to light]]></news:title>
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    <loc>https://www.ecoticias.com/en/scientists-have-succeeded-in-restoring-learning-ability-and-memory-in-elderly-mice-by-activating-just-three-genes-and-this-discovery-raises-a-fundamental-question-does-the-brain-age-more-than-we-thi/30789/</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-04-13T11:36:50+00:00</lastmod>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-04-13T18:59:00-05:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title><![CDATA[Scientists have succeeded in restoring learning ability and memory in elderly mice by activating just three genes, and this discovery raises a fundamental question: Does the brain age more than we think?]]></news:title>
      <news:keywords>Technology</news:keywords>
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    <loc>https://www.ecoticias.com/en/one-of-earths-major-carbon-sinks-may-be-beginning-to-release-carbon-that-has-been-stored-for-thousands-of-years-and-signs-of-this-are-already-appearing-in-two-dark-lakes-in-the-congo/30779/</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-04-13T10:47:07+00:00</lastmod>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[One of Earth’s major carbon sinks may be beginning to release carbon that has been stored for thousands of years, and signs of this are already appearing in two dark lakes in the Congo]]></news:title>
      <news:keywords>Environment</news:keywords>
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