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Secretive 'no arm' lizard crowned new species after decade-long search

November 28, 2025 | Bronwyn Thompson
We'd like to welcome this curious armless burrowing lizard into the New Species Hall of Fame. Despite being built for life underground, in the end this slider skink was no match for scientists who had searched for a decade to confirm its existence.

A drying lake is triggering weird seismic activity deep beneath its basin

November 25, 2025 | Chelsea Haney
We tend to think earthquakes are predominantly driven by deep-Earth forces. But a new discovery reshapes that long-held assumption suggesting lake-level fluctuations can stir the shallow crust influencing earthquake risk and tectonic plate movement.

Rising high into Saudi sky: World's new tallest skyscraper progresses

November 28, 2025 | Adam Williams
Following construction restarting earlier this year, more details have been revealed on what is arguably the world's most ambitious architecture project: the mind-bogglingly tall JEC Tower, which is currently rising in Saudi Arabia.

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