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The young people have prevailed. After a back-and-forth battle with the Trump administration, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Friday that a group of 21 11- to 22-year-old climate change activists can sue the government for harming their futures with a national energy system that produces dangerous a...
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Startling new research finds large buildup of heat in the oceans, suggesting a faste...
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American 18-year-olds voting for the first time on Nov. 6 will not have spent a day in their life without humans orbiting the Earth in space. The International Space Station’s first crew arrived in November 2000, and people have been there ever since. “I don’t think the public real...
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Unless you’ve flown first class, or in a private jet, aircraft loos are windowless, cramped affairs that usually reek of cheap sanitizer. But they have come a long way – and rarely get the recognition they deserve. The first flight (made by Orville Wright, although some conspiracy theorists think ot...
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Yesterday I spent some time wondering how to explain the modern economy to an ancient Roman brought forward from the first millennium BCE. For now I’ll assume language isn’t a barrier, but not much more. Here’s my rough take:
“There have been five really important things that...
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Restrictive legislation introduced by Poland's right-wing government in 2016 threw a spanner into the works for onshore wind energy, but the easing of some measures now promises to get the sector spinning. The change comes ahead of the COP24 World Climate Conference that opens December 2 in the sou...
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Throughout his political career, Donald Trump has often used fear to motivate his supporters. But is it working this time?
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An Indian cabinet minister accused a party colleague Sunday of ordering the "ghastly murder" of a tiger and vowed legal action after the man-eating animal was shot in the country's west. The big cat blamed for killing more than a dozen people was shot dead Friday night after a months-long search, c...
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Casting for A-list stars is usually reserved for high-end premium dramas but it was also a challenge for Sir David Attenborough's latest big-budget wildlife series
Dynasties. In the case of the BBC series, they were searching for the right animals to showcase in the five-part series. For the f...
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"The only thing that disheartens me is when it comes to my kids," Foxx said
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"We are better than this, we embrace all students"
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For decades, rocket scientist Robert Zubrin has been a voice crying in the Martian wilderness. But now the president of the Mars Society is pleading the case for a cause that’s much closer than the Red Planet: low-cost lunar exploration and settlement. Zubrin’s lays out his latest plan, known as “Mo...