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A devastating fire sparked fears that California’s redwoods would never recover‚ but these old timers had a trick up their trunks‚ and utilized deep stores of energy in their roots to sprout new growth weeks after they were charred. The story begins after lightning sparked a fire in California’s Big Basin Redwoods State Park during […] The post Ancient California Redwoods Defy Scientists’ Expectations and Sprout New Shoots From Blackened Trunks appeared first on Good News Network.

In A Highland Song‚ you’ll notice the tied-up boat pretty quickly if you travel to the west side of the loch upon climbing your first peak. Here’s how to untie it and use it. Untying the boat in A Highland Song There are a few steps to liberating the boat in A Highland Song. I got rather lucky when I tried to untie it‚ so I hope you have the same luck. Otherwise‚ it may take you a rather long time to get it going. The boat The boat itself‚ if you ever need a reminder‚ is located right next to you when you take the west path from the first peak. Just take a few steps to the right and it’ll be there waiting for you. Screenshot: PC Invasion The trout When you first meet the boat‚ there are a few things that you can do to it. Each action is demarcated by a glowing white dot. Make sure to exhaust everything you can‚ most of which will be Moira dealing with a rather nasty trout. Before heading over to the rock ...

As part of Thelxie’s Fantastic Adventures in Genshin Impact‚ you’ll meet Thelxie‚ an adorable toy robot. This critter only speaks in dots and dashes‚ but this is no ordinary robot speak. This is morse code. If you want to know what Thelxie is saying to you‚ then you’ll need to decode and decipher his many statements. What are the Thelxie morse codes in Genshin Impact? Thelxie has a lot to say‚ it’s just too bad that we don’t speak his language. It is easy to discount the robot’s dashes and dots as the developer’s way of writing “robot talk”‚ something we simply can’t understand. But more eagle-eyed players will have noticed the similarities of the dashes and dots that Thelxie uses‚ and the dashes and dots that morse code uses. We can solve the morse code‚ but that isn’t enough. Once solved‚ you’ll then actually have to use a Cipher decoder to translate them into French‚ which y...

A Highland Song is bereft with mysteries and stories folded away in the hills and mountains. One mystery‚ however‚ is close to home. Here’s how to unlock the rusty warehouse in A Highland Song. Finding the Rusty Padlock Key The Rusty Warehouse is the first structure that you come across when running away from home. Moira will comment on it being there for ages‚ and that she’s never seen anyone else go in or come out. When you try the door‚ you’ll notice that it won’t budge. This is because you need the Rusty Padlock Key to unlock it. This key isn’t found deep in the wilderness or at the peak of a mountain‚ but close to home. Very close to home. Return back to your house‚ and go up to the window. You’ll be prompted to sneak under‚ so your mum doesn’t see. Screenshot: PC Invasion Once you’ve snuck past the window‚ head over to the lavender bush. Take a twig‚ and Moira will also notice that a rusty ke...

I often get questions when I write articles about the lack of trust I have in the banking system. While I do have my own financial strategy‚ it’s not one-size-fits-all. Financial security is so incredibly important‚ and I don’t feel comfortable offering advice that I’m not really qualified to give. That’s why I recently asked email subscribers to send in their questions for Lynette Zang of ITM Trading. ITM is the place I trust the most for my own financial preparedness‚ so why would I go anywhere else to seek advice for you? Lynette spent a long time answering your questions‚ plus the ones that popped up when we were talking. I hope that you enjoy this interview and find it useful when setting up your own financial preparedness time. Our economy is in big trouble‚ and we need to focus NOW on how to survive the crash. You may note that some questions weren’t answered – we got to all the ones that Lynette felt comfortable discussing in generalities. If you have specific concerns that are unique to your situation‚ or if you want personal advice‚ it’s very easy to get. Simply go here and set up a time to speak – for free – to one of Lynette’s financial advisors. They will help you to create your own plan‚ based on your circumstances‚ your money situation‚ and your goals. There’s no cost for this consultation and absolutely no obligation. Even if you choose not to make a change after the call‚ you’ll leave it with valuable personalized information. I strongly recommend taking the time to do this before Christmas rolls around. I can’t help but think the other shoe is about to drop‚ and I think back to all the times shady things get passed or occur over the holidays when nobody is paying attention. Let me know what you think of the interview in the comments! The post How Do We Protect Our Money? Exclusive Interview for OP Readers appeared first on The Organic Prepper.

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Near the very center of the galaxy‚ on the outskirts of the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A*‚ an interloper has been found. The star in question‚ named S0-6‚ has a chemical composition that matches small satellite galaxies‚ rather than the Milky Way itself. Given its age‚ it’s likely it has been traveling for a very long time.Powerful forces such as supernova explosions or gravitational close encounters can throw stars out of the galaxy. Some have been seen leaving at great speed. Logically‚ therefore‚ we would expect there to also be stars with origins outside the galaxy – for example‚ in smaller nearby galaxies – to sometimes make their way in. This discovery‚ however‚ is the first time one has been found having journeyed almost the entire way to the Milky Way’s core.It's a common human story. Someone young and ambitious finds their home village stultifying and decides to seek their fortune in the big smoke‚ where they are originally rejected for their provincial beginnings. Immense clouds of fusing gas don’t have the same capacity to choose their path‚ but S0-6’s journey has many similarities. However‚ where humans leaving their hometown for Hollywood seek to become a star‚ S0-6 always was one‚ albeit of relatively modest mass.Dr Shogo Nishiyama of Miyagi University of Education found S0-6 just in time. After traveling at least 50‚000 light-years on a 10 billion-year quest‚ it is now just 0.04 light years from Sagittarius A* – and we know what happens to stars that get too close to supermassive black holes. Don’t weep too much for S0-6‚ however. As a quite evolved star that has cooled down and puffed up to giant size‚ its time would be almost done‚ even in a safer location.Rather than coming from one of the surviving small galaxies whose composition it resembles‚ such as the Small Magellanic Cloud or the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy‚ Nishiyama and co-authors think S0-6’s galaxy of origin no longer exists. The Milky Way gas consumed many small galaxies on the way to becoming the giant it is today; S0-6’s was probably one of them.Although S0-6 is the first star from outside the galaxy to be found near Sagittarius A*‚ it’s quite normal in having reached the area from somewhere else. The tidal forces close to a supermassive black hole are thought to be too strong to allow stars to form there‚ so all the other stars in the region must have formed further out. In most cases‚ however‚ their chemical makeup suggests they arrived from the galactic equivalent of the suburbs – not a whole other city‚ or village – of stars.Besides confirming that S0-6 really is of extra-galactic origins‚ Nishiyama said in a statement the team wishes to learn; “Does it have any companions‚ or did it travel alone? With further investigation‚ we hope to unravel the mysteries of stars near the supermassive black hole."The study is published open access in Proceedings of the Japan Academy‚ Series B

An entirely new genus of shrimp was discovered during an expedition to the Cyclops Mountains in Papua‚ Indonesia. It was a surprise find for scientists on the perilous 2023 expedition and introduces a whole new habitat for these typically water-dwelling crustaceans.The expedition was one for the history books‚ reanimating a species that was thought to have been extinct since the 1960s: Attenborough’s long-beaked echidna‚ Zaglossus attenboroughi. Named after wildlife broadcaster and natural historian Sir David Attenborough‚ the monotreme made a surprise appearance on camera traps left in the Cyclops Mountains.“I'm not joking when I say it came down to the very last SD card that we looked at‚ from the very last camera that we collected‚ on the very last day of our expedition‚” expedition lead Dr James Kempton of Oxford University told BBC News.     However‚ while the world was reeling from the reunion‚ another‚ arguably more obscure discovery went a little more under the radar. You see‚ on that same expedition‚ the team discovered a new genus of ground- and tree-dwelling shrimp.If you’re thinking‚ “Well that’s not where shrimp live‚” you’d normally be right‚ and the discovery of these typically water-dwelling crustaceans so high up was a surprise for the scientists‚ too.“We were quite shocked to discover this shrimp in the heart of the forest‚ because it is a remarkable departure from the typical seaside habitat for these animals‚” said lead entomologist for the expedition Dr Leonidas-Romanos Davranoglou (a Leverhulme Trust Postdoctoral Fellow at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History)‚ in a statement. “We believe that the high level of rainfall in the Cyclops Mountains means the humidity is great enough for these creatures to live entirely on land.”Your standard shrimp breathes using gills to extract oxygen from water and depending on the species will either live in marine or freshwater environments. To be thriving so far inland must mean this new genus has adapted a way to breathe without being fully submerged in water‚ as Davranoglou says‚ perhaps aided by rainfall or humidity.Expedition leader Dr James Kempton and the research team were helped by members of the Yongsu Sapari community who prepared paths and campsites for the expedition.Image credit: Expedition CyclopsThe team were due a few wins following such a perilous and challenging expedition that put them in sometimes life-threatening situations. They faced earthquakes‚ causing them to evacuate cave systems‚ and came across many venomous snakes and spiders.Several of the team suffered illness and injury. Davranoglou’s arm was broken in two places while another team member contacted malaria‚ and a third had a leech stuck to their eye for a day and a half before a hospital team could remove it. Despite the perils of the Cyclops Mountains‚ they've lost no love for the landscape.“Though some might describe the Cyclops as a ‘Green Hell’‚ I think the landscape is magical‚ at once enchanting and dangerous‚ like something out of a Tolkien book‚” said Kempton. “In this environment‚ the camaraderie between the expedition members was fantastic‚ with everyone helping to keep up morale. In the evening‚ we exchanged stories around the fire‚ all the while surrounded by the hoots and peeps of frogs.”