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World Bank Ends Its Ban on Funding Nuclear Power Projects

The world’s largest and most influential development bank said on Wednesday it would lift its longstanding ban on funding nuclear power projects.The decision...

A Near-Full ‘Strawberry Moon’ Will Shine Again on Wednesday Night

Night sky observers are being treated this week to a view of a red-tinted full moon — known in June as a “strawberry...

This Elusive Antarctic Squid Was Seen for the First Time

The deep-sea environs of the Earth’s poles are home to mysterious ocean creatures: giant sea spiders, Antarctic sea pigs, phantom jellyfish. Finding and...

First Ever Images of Sun’s South Pole Released by ESA Solar Orbiter

Spacecraft and specialized telescopes have been studying the sun closely for decades, probing the secrets of its spots, flares and corona. But neither...

Why Rooftop Solar Could Crash Under the Republican Tax-Cut Bill

Over the past two decades, more than 5 million U.S. households from California to Georgia to Maine have put solar panels on their...

Niede Guidon, 92, Archaeologist Who Preserved Prehistoric Rock Art, Dies

Niede Guidon, a Brazilian archaeologist whose work called into question a longstanding theory of how the Americas were first populated by humans, and...

Document Shows E.P.A. Plans to Loosen Limits on Mercury From Power Plants

The Environmental Protection Agency plans to weaken a Biden-era regulation that required power plants to slash pollutants, including the emissions of mercury, a...

Racing to Save California’s Elephant Seals From Bird Flu

During the breeding season, the center sees a lot of underweight, malnourished elephant seal pups, many of which are still too young to...

What a Prostate Cancer Diagnosis Like Biden’s Means for Patients

Prostate cancer experts say that former President Joseph R. Biden’s diagnosis is serious. Announced on Sunday by his office, the cancer has spread...

Drug Overdose Deaths Plummeted in 2024, C.D.C. Reports

Overdose deaths in the United States fell by nearly 30,000 last year, the government reported on Wednesday, the strongest sign yet that the...

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