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Updated October 14, 2024

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Fresh powder can worsen light pollution, according to new research from Germany.
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Valts Ernštreits, a professor at Tartu University in Estonia, writes poetry in Livonian.

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Livonian may be extinct as a native tongue, but it's still being used to write poetry.
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