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Josh Landes
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At the end of 2025, WAMC Berkshire Bureau Chief Josh Landes trekked deep into the Mount Plantain Preserve in Mount Washington to watch the beginning of a dam removal project aimed at restoring vital natural waterways in the region. This month, he returned for a celebration of its successful conclusion, and the unveiling of a new trail named for a community member who’s spent decades advocating for the land to be protected.

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Jon Sullivan
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The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education, and research.A new study finds that fish are similar to humans in how they sleep.And researchers used a drone to track honey bees. They found the insects have surprisingly precise flight patterns.

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Max Schulte
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A spokesman for Gov. Kathy Hochul says such development is happening "only on land that is willingly leased by landowners."
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Courtesy of Tamara Swaab, Ron Mangun and Megan Peters
More U.S. scientists are heading abroad. Three researchers explain why they decided to shift their research to universities in the U.K.