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A passenger train hit and killed three young elephants in eastern Sri Lanka, officials said Sunday, weeks after two calves and their pregnant mother were fatally struck in the same region. The Colombo-bound train with 600 passengers hit the herd near the village of Welikanda, 260 kilometres (162 mi...
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Archaeologists running tests on juglets found in Cyprus may have discovered the earliest evidence of human use of opiates, as well as pharmaceutical marketing.
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Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Says Nomination Battle Good for Republicans
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Nobel Prizes for six categories are given out annually in recognition of outstanding achievements in various fields, ranging from activism to science to writing. The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday to anti-rape activists Nadia Murad and Denis Mukwege for their effo...
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“We will not be silenced,” said Deborah Ramirez
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"We have a moral obligation to do better than this."
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The GOP members of the Judiciary Committee made the decision
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Pictures of the band's performance circulated on social media
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His 5-year-old sister was injured in the accident
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You'll never forget his simple words.
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"LaCroix in fact contains ingredients that have been identified by the Food and Drug Administration as synthetic"
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Cities across Spain are grappling with electric scooters that have popped up on sidewalks across the country, helping riders zip around but exasperating drivers and pedestrians. In Madrid public opinion is divided over the hundreds of electric scooters which California-based start-up Lime -- partly...
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A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week. Editor's Pick The Nihilism of Trump’s Climate Policy The administration cites the likelihood of catastrophic global temperature rise to justify gutting fuel-efficiency standards. Yes,...
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The tanker truck collided with a bus in the village of Mbuba
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Scientists believe they’ve found a winning formula in a new method to fabricate low-cost high-efficiency perovskite solar cells