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Climate Action Now Threatened by ‘Powerful Forces,’ Biden Warns In his farewell address, President Biden warned that a powerful “oligarchy” could undo four years of progress on climate policy

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What Caused the L.A. Wildfires? How Investigators Will Find Out Wildfires like the Los Angeles blazes destroy so much, but they often spare some evidence of the cause of their ignition

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Nasa astronaut stuck in space ventures outside Nasa astronaut Suni Williams, one of two astronauts stuck on the International Space Station, has completed her first spacewalk since arriving.

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The Supreme Court’s Trans Health Case Shows Why Patients Should Make the Decisions Supreme Court arguments over trans health care makes plain how badly we need personalized health care in all of medicine

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Rocket launch challenges Elon Musk's space dominance Amazon founder Jeff Bezos's space company blasts its first rocket into orbit in a challenge to Elon Musk.

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Blue Origin’s New Glenn Rocket Finally Takes Flight The heavy-lift New Glenn rocket soared to success, reaching orbit on its highly anticipated inaugural flight but failing to land its booster on an ocean barge

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India successfully conducts historic space-docking test India is only the fourth country in the world with such technology after United States, Russia and China.

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U.S. TikTok Users Flock to RedNote as Ban Looms Thousands of U.S. TikTok users are joining China-based app RedNote, spawning memes, jokes and confusion

Scientists made the world's thinnest spaghetti

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Scientists made the world's thinnest spaghetti Chemists didn’t create the world’s smallest spaghetti out of culinary curiosity—the starch nanofibers are being explored as next-generation bandages. The nanopasta has simple ingredients—flour and formic acid — but a more technical synthesis than just boiling a pot of salted ...

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Data Centers Run on Clean Energy Now Welcome on Publicly Owned Land President Biden issued an executive order to permit data centers on federal lands in a move aimed at bolstering clean energy and protecting national security during a boom in artificial intelligence

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Wildfires Started by Human Activities Are Often More Destructive Fast-moving fires, such as the recent ones in the Los Angeles area, and those started by humans, whether accidentally or not, are often some of the most destructive

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Does Fact-Checking Work on Social Media? Communication and misinformation researchers reveal the value of fact-checking, where perceived biases come from and what Meta’s decision could mean

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Women held keys to land and wealth in Celtic Britain DNA analysis suggests Iron Age societies in Britain were built around women rather than men.

How the U.S. Mishandled the Early Days of Bird Flu

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How the U.S. Mishandled the Early Days of Bird Flu H5N1 avian influenza has now reached almost 1,000 herds of dairy cattle in 16 states and has infected around 66 people, many of them agricultural workers, in the U.S. Host Rachel Feltman is joined by Amy Maxmen, a public health ...

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'We sing to them': LA stables turn Noah's Ark for fire rescue animals Pigs, donkeys and even a mini cow named Cuddles found a temporary home after the LA fires.

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Fatbergs turned into perfume - inside Britain's bizarre new industrial revolution The UK led the way in this field of science until recently - but now other countries have overtaken. So, how can that lead be recovered?

Outbreaks of Norovirus, a Death from Bird Flu and Wildfires in L.A.

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Outbreaks of Norovirus, a Death from Bird Flu and Wildfires in L.A. Norovirus cases are up this year, with 91 reported outbreaks nationwide. Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) cases are up in China and India. There has also been an increase in the U.S., but HMPV is currently a cause for concern in the ...

Will we find Planet Nine, the next Pluto?

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Will we find Planet Nine, the next Pluto? Move over Pluto, we’re looking for the real Planet Nine.
Pluto was unseated as our solar system’s ninth planet in 2006. Since then astronomers have found signs that the real Planet Nine could be hiding at the edges of our solar ...

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UKRI in Belfast: AI, agriculture and the future of film UKRI's Strategy engagement event in Belfast on 9-10 March brought together students, academics, policymakers and business ...