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A sculpture in perpetual motion, removed

A sculpture in perpetual motion, removed

Published by Sam Flores

Workers remove the sculpture “Blue” by artist Joel Shapiro on the grounds of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. Mark Schiefelbein/AP hide caption toggle caption Mark Schiefelbein/AP A big blue presence has vanished from the landscape of Washington DC. On Wednesday a crew removed a 24-foot-tall metal sculpture called Blue, by Joel Shapiro, from the grounds of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Our family turned out to say goodbye. Blue is a giant stick figure with what seems to be four limbs, standing on what might be one leg, while the other is lifted. To walk, to leap, to dance? The upper-most limbs, which look like arms, are extended. To welcome, twirl, swing or sway? The work was installed on that part of the Kennedy Center’s grounds called The REACH, which opened in 2019. I’ve always thought it seemed an artful fit in that place, which before the Center became a source of controversy during the Trump presidency, abounded just about every …

Tucker Carlson: Trump needs to be removed from office ‘immediately’

Tucker Carlson: Trump needs to be removed from office ‘immediately’

Published by Sam Flores

Conservative podcaster Tucker Carlson said Friday that President Trump should be removed from office if he is considering using nuclear weapons first, saying even entertaining the possibility should disqualify a president from serving. “The second any president actively considers the first use of nuclear weapons, that person should be removed from office immediately, because that’s… Source link

8,000 pounds of invasive Burmese python removed from the Florida Everglades

8,000 pounds of invasive Burmese python removed from the Florida Everglades

Published by Jenni Sidey

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy. You may unsubscribe at any time. The annual Florida Python Challenge is only a few weeks away, but participants will have trouble matching a new record set earlier this month. Between November 2025 and April 2026, researchers removed 177 apex predators weighing a combined 8,080 pounds from a 200-square-mile area inside Collier County, approximately 90 miles west of Miami. The Conservancy of Southwest Florida announced the results of this most recent effort to cull invasive Burmese pythons (Python bivittatus) from the Everglades, and the tallies far surpassed their previous work.  This achievement marks the organization’s first four-ton removal season. Conservationists used radio telemetry to track 40 previously tagged male pythons dubbed “scout snakes” during their annual mating season. To maximize the population impact, wildlife biologist Ian Bartoszek and colleagues …

Wood storks to be removed from federal Endangered Species List

Wood storks to be removed from federal Endangered Species List

Published by Jenni Sidey

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. After over 40 years of recovery efforts, one population of the wood stork (Mycteria americana)is being removed from the federal list of endangered and threatened wildlife. The large birds are as tall as 45 inches with wingspans that can reach 65 inches and are the only native storks in the United States. They are primarily found in the southeastern United States, where they feed on fish.  Wood storks were listed as endangered in 1984, when its population had dropped by over 75 percent—from roughly 20,000 nesting pairs to about 5,000 nesting pairs—primarily due to wetland loss.  The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has determined that the birds are no longer in immediate danger of extinction. The FWS estimates that the wood stork breeding population has 10,000 to 14,000 nesting pairs across roughly 100 colony sites. They are now found on the coastal plains of Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina.  Dedicated conservation efforts and the …

Nearly 2,000 Truckers Deemed Unfit Are Removed From American Roads

Nearly 2,000 Truckers Deemed Unfit Are Removed From American Roads

Published by Jenni Sidey

Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Almost 2,000 truckers deemed to be unqualified to drive on U.S. roads have been removed, with several arrested and many vehicles put out of service, the Department of Transportation (DOT) said in a Feb. 6 statement. The action came as part of the first wave of Operation SafeDRIVE, a “high-visibility, multi-state enforcement and education effort focused on reducing dangerous driving behaviors, ensuring drivers are properly qualified, and addressing unsafe drivers and vehicles on the nation’s roadways,” the department said. Inspectors from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration teamed up with law enforcement partners in 26 states and the District of Columbia in the three-day effort, Jan. 13 to 15, carrying out “targeted enforcement actions along major freight corridors and other high-risk locations.” The operation resulted in 8,215 inspections, with 56 truckers being arrested for driving under the influence and illegally being present in the United States, DOT said. A total of 1,231 vehicles were put out of service. Out of the 2,000 truckers, 704 were …