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Fearsome Sharks of Today Evolved When Ancient Oceans Got Hot

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It sounds like something out of a Hollywood film script, but it really happened: Shark-evolution researchers say that increased ocean temperatures more than...
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Video: How SpaceX Is Harming Delicate Ecosystems

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On at least 19 occasions since 2019, SpaceX’s operations have caused fires, leaks and explosions near its launch site in Boca Chica, Texas....
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What Do Bagged Chickens Have to Do With Sliced Cheese?

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When Costco tried to cut down on its plastics use earlier this year, putting its popular rotisserie chicken in a thin bag instead...
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Your Brain Holds Secrets. Scientists Want to Find Them.

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About a month ago, Judith Hansen popped awake in the predawn hours, thinking about her father’s brain.Her father, Morrie Markoff, was an unusual...
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How Future Hurricanes Could Stress Power Grids of U.S. Cities

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The risk of hurricane-induced power outages could become 50 percent higher in some areas of the United States including Puerto Rico because of...
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Trump Advisers Call for U.S. Nuclear Weapons Testing if He Is Elected

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Allies of Donald J. Trump are proposing that the United States restart the testing of nuclear weapons in underground detonations should the former...
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Cosmic Research Hints at Mysterious Ancient Computer’s Purpose

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The Antikythera mechanism, an ingenious calculator made 2,200 years ago, has inspired awe and enchantment ever since it was recovered from a shipwreck...
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Can the Labour Party Bring Back Britain’s Green Groove?

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Britain, the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, erstwhile coal-burning imperial behemoth, wants to be a “clean energy superpower.”At least that’s the promise of...
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The first vaccine for malaria received major regulatory approval in 2015.

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It didn’t become part of vaccination programs in Africa until 2024.What if it had come faster?What if the shots had arrived9 years ago?143,000.That’s...
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Our Planet Is About to Reach Its Greatest Distance From the Sun

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It’s summer in the Northern Hemisphere. But while you indulge in long, balmy days at the beach or elsewhere in nature, you may...
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