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More than a third of Indonesia's coral reefs are in bad condition, scientists said Tuesday, raising concerns about the future of the archipelago's vast marine ecosystem. The precarious state of the country's coral reefs was revealed after a survey of 1067 sites across the sprawling country of more...
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A Chinese scientist at the centre of an ethical storm over what he claims are the world's first genetically edited babies said on Wednesday he is proud of his work and revealed there was a second "potential" pregnancy as part of the research. Asked whether there were any other edited gene pregnanci...
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New Zealand's largest telecoms carrier Spark said Wednesday that the country's intelligence agency had barred it from using equipment provided by China's Huawei in its 5G network as it posed "significant national security risks". The move follows reports the United States is urging its allies to ex...
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An explosion outside a chemical plant in northeastern China early Wednesday killed at least 22 people and destroyed scores of vehicles, in the latest challenge to efforts to boost industrial safety in the world’s second-largest economy.
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Twenty-eight whales were found dead in the remote southeast of Australia Wednesday, following a mass stranding that has baffled experts. A pilot flying a private plane over Croajingolong National Park in Victoria state spotted 27 pilot whales and one humpback stranded on the beach Tuesday afternoon...
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Humanity is falling further behind in the race against climate change, with the gap between greenhouse gas emissions and levels needed to achieve the Paris climate treaty temperature goals continuing to widen, the UN said Tuesday. To cap global warming at two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit...
science / science - 6 years ago
Initially, the Navy's Twitter account said that the alert was an "ad hoc drill"
science / science - 6 years ago
This is Ode To... , a weekly column where we share the stuff we're really into in hopes that you'll be really into it, too. Space is vast — infinite, even — and mysterious and mesmerizing. And guess what? It's never been easier to bring all of the amazing things about space right to...
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Ford said "coming forward was terrifying ... but I am grateful to have had the opportunity to fulfill my civic duty"
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They both have list prices of $300
science / science - 6 years ago
KATOWICE, Poland (AP) — Electronics salesman Leszek Jaworowski says he can't discuss Poland's coal mining with his father. They end up at loggerheads, just like many families in the southern mining region of Silesia.
science / science - 6 years ago
Six Greenpeace activists scaled a massive chimney at Poland's Belchatow coal-fired power plant on Tuesday and will remain there overnight, as one of Europe's largest polluters gears up to host the COP24 climate summit. The protesting climbers "have the appropriate equipment to spend the night in di...
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Zero to 60 in 3.5
science / science - 6 years ago
They also lived alongside humans, per a new scientific study.
science / science - 6 years ago
Good job, Twitter!