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Cockapoos, doodles, and other crossbreeds have behavioral problems, too

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Trendy designer dogs often have the same issues as pure breeds. The'doodle' industry earns over $1 billion a year. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Designer crossbreed dogs are increasingly popular pets . Much of the rising interest is tied to claims that these mixed pooches possess more desirable aspects than many purebreeds or mutts.


Volunteers spend 30 years restoring a Victorian sewer pump station

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Reviving the Claymills Pumping Station in Staffordshire, England has been a labor of love. Restoration work has progressed steadily for over 30 years. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. It's always good to have a passion project, but what's going on in Staffordshire, England, is likely a one-of-a-kind endeavor. In the town of Burton upon Trent, a rotating team of volunteers has spent over 30 years restoring a Victorian pump house.


Clothes really do come back in style every 20 years

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The math checks out, so hang on to those jeans. The trend's reliability may be waning as styles continue to diversify, however. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Clothing trends come and go, but in some cases, they don't stay away for too long. For decades, both the fashion industry and its devotees have referenced the so-called "20-year-rule," which suggests society is liable to see certain styles return at semiregular intervals.


NASA wants your hail photos

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After grapefruit-sized hail hit Missouri, more images may help improve severe storm forecasting. A CoCoRaHS volunteer submitted this photo that displays a hand holding three large and uniquely shaped hailstones from June 14, 2023. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Tuesday March 10th was a particularly punishing day of bad weather for the residents of Kansas City, Missouri. That evening, hailstones as large as grapefruits bombarded homes, businesses, and vehicles in the area, causing widespread damage to the community.


A meteor exploded over Ohio and Pennsylvania

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A very loud bang accompanied the disintegrating space rock. Although loud, little of the meteor is expected to have survived the atmospheric entry. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Residents across northeastern Ohio received a rude--or at least extremely unexpected--wake-up call this morning. According to the National Weather Service (NWS), the loud boom experienced across the region around 9 a.m. EDT on March 17 was most likely the result of a meteor disintegrating as it sped through Earth's atmosphere.


Hiker finds 3,000-year-old bull sculpture in Spain

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The Late Bronze Age relic is only the fourth tauriform discovered on the island. Bulls were symbolic animals across much of the prehistoric Mediterranean. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. A hiker recently noticed an out-of-place object in his path while trekking through the hills of Mallorca, Spain . After reviewing the artifact, archaeologists now believe the 1.25-inch-long relic is a rare example of a metal bull sculpture that dates back over 3,000 years.


Ireland's 250-million-year-old gray spot

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The folds in the tilted rock layers and differences in their erosion rate gives the limestone the step-like appearance we see today. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. While Ireland's natural landscape is known for every shade of green imaginable, a different color dominates one part of Ireland. Along the Burren Region on the country's western coast, gray limestone pavement covers the rocky and treeless landscape. NASA's Operational Land Imager (OLI) on the Landsat 8 satellite captured a view of Burren, showing the rocky landscape and an 860-foot-tall limestone hill called Moneen Mountain.


3,500-year-old loom tells a revolutionary tale

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The remains of a Bronze Age loom highlights a turning point in human history. Recreation of an area of activities related to textile work as documented at Cabezo Redondo. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Clothes make the man, and have helped keep humans from freezing for thousands of years. But how exactly did Bronze Age people make their clothes?


Autonomous firefighting robot can drive straight into a 1,000 degree blaze

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The tank-like vehicle is already being tested in South Korea. The robot sprays itself with water to stay cool and uses thermal cameras to see through smoke. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Firefighters in South Korea will soon start deploying alongside a massive, six-wheeled, self-cooling autonomous robot that could help keep them safe. Hyundai recently revealed the new, driverless ground drone, built atop a chassis initially intended for military use and looking like something out of a sci-fi film.


World's largest steam locomotive heads out on tour

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Technology Engineering World's largest steam locomotive heads out on tour Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014 will travel coast-to-coast in commemoration of the semiquincentennial. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. The world's largest operating steam locomotive is hitting the road--or tracks . Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014 is heading out on its first coast-to-coast steam tour to celebrate the United States' 250th anniversary . The first leg begins on March 29, when Big Boy and other historical passenger cars from Union Pacific's Heritage Fleet will travel from the locomotive's home base in Cheyenne, Wyoming, west towards California.