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            <news:title><![CDATA[Tiny Adorable New Walking Shark Discovered, Dubbed “Lazy Shark” By Locals Due To Its Unhurried Gait]]></news:title>
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            <news:title><![CDATA[Unearthing A 5,500-Year-Old Tragedy: The Oldest Known Outbreak Of Plague Has Been Found In Siberia]]></news:title>
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        <loc>https://www.iflscience.com/world-first-trial-to-reprogram-broken-cells-in-glaucoma-begins-in-humans-but-is-it-just-hype-83826</loc>
        <lastmod>2026-06-17T10:50:48+00:00</lastmod>
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            <news:title><![CDATA[World First Trial To "Reprogram" Broken Cells In Glaucoma Begins In Humans – But Is It Just Hype?]]></news:title>
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            <news:title><![CDATA[For The First Time, Wolves Have Been Filmed Hunting Bison In An Ancient European Forest]]></news:title>
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        <loc>https://www.iflscience.com/interesting-challenging-and-all-involving-inside-the-ocean-expedition-that-used-lasers-to-discover-31-new-species-83816</loc>
        <lastmod>2026-06-16T16:49:04+00:00</lastmod>
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            <news:publication_date>2026-06-16T15:55:04+00:00</news:publication_date>
            <news:title><![CDATA["Interesting, Challenging, And All-Involving": Inside The Ocean Expedition That Used Lasers To Discover 31 New Species]]></news:title>
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        <lastmod>2026-06-16T16:10:54+00:00</lastmod>
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            <news:title><![CDATA[In 2018, Scientists Recorded Orcas Mimicking Human Language For The First Time In History]]></news:title>
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            <news:title><![CDATA[All Aboard: Google Earth Has Just Made Its Flight Simulator Freely Available On Desktop]]></news:title>
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            <news:title><![CDATA[In The World’s Most Remote Prehistoric Settlement, People Ate Polar Bears, Invented Dog Sledding, And Traded Obsidian Over 1,500 Kilometers]]></news:title>
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