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The race to save this ‘pizza-sized’ sea star | CNN World News

The race to save this ‘pizza-sized’ sea star | CNN

The global sunflower sea star population has been decimated over the past decade, pushing North America’s kelp forests toward collapse. We look at how captive breeding at the Sunflower Star Laboratory and conservation efforts by the Kashia Band of Pomo Indians are helping save the species.

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The Verge • 2w ago

This cargo was delivered from orbit by a giant SpaceX hockey puck.

The US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has successfully tested SpaceX’s disc-shaped Starfall reentry capsule in an effort to determine the viability of point-to-point rocket cargo deliveries. Starfall carried AFRL-developed cargo pods that were recovered after splashdown in the Pacific Ocean, containing essential survival kits that might be needed on real emergency missions. [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/HVGkGkWWAAArWxx.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/AFRL-SpaceX-Starfall-test-photos.jpg?quality=90&strip=all]

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