According to the heteronormative version of bluegill courtship, mating season begins when males start building nests—basically, bowl-like depressions in the lake bed.
—
Elizabeth Kolbert,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
Soft spots in the base beneath the blacktop can lead to depressions.
Like the experimental teeth, the ones from Neanderthal archaeological sites had the same overlapping small fractures, shallow indentations, and shallow scratches.
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ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
2 June 2026
Overnight, indentations in the tarmac had been filled with sand, to ease the passing of the royal carriages.
Scattered across Dakota County, Minnesota, especially its rural landscape, are more than 8,000 private drinking wells.
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Jeff Wagner,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
Several campgrounds across the state will be unable to provide visitors with water because their wells are low or dry amid one of the worst droughts on record, according to a spokesperson for the USDA Forest Service.
Marked by towering mountains, spectacular valleys and glacial blue lakes in every direction, the towns of Banff and Lake Louise have attracted travelers for decades.
—
Kristin Braswell,
USA Today,
22 June 2026
Wind gusts across mountain tops and through valleys, and even along the coast, could top 30 mph.
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