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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited the quake-hit northern region of Hokkaido Sunday as officials confirmed more deaths, bringing the toll to 42. Abe toured the city and commercial hub of Sapporo, where Thursday's 6.6-magnitude jolt has left houses tilted and roads cracked. After visiting l...
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Edie Widder sat quietly in the dark for half an hour. All around her, critters floated and glided by as she peered through the thick glass bubble of a submersible, perched on a rocky ledge nearly 2,000 feet under the sea. Everywhere, the creatures glowed. "It was like an incredible starfield s...
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Australia's new prime minister will not revive plans to embed carbon emissions targets in law, a thorny issue that triggered the ousting of his predecessor in a party coup. Scott Morrison won a Liberal Party ballot to replace Malcolm Turnbull -- a moderate who struggled to get his conservative coll...
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A devastating drought that has left Australian farmers struggling to stay afloat is set to persist despite widespread and significant rain last month, authorities have said. Graziers in eastern Australia have been battling a long-period of severe conditions that have turned green pastures brown and...
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A new technique which mimics the natural process of photosynthesis in place could potentially be used to create a clean and essentially unlimited source of energy
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Pilots with a Nevada glider team have flown to new heights above the Andes Mountains in Argentina using only wind as their engine.
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Thousands of people also took to the streets of San Francisco
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A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week. Editor's Pick A powerful current just miles from SC is changing. It could devastate the East Coast. & Ben Franklin and Timothy Folger’s map of the Gulf Stream in 1768. Library of Congr...
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After the ad, many Nike customers blasted the decision on social media
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Since 2006, the number of "baby boomers" who have used marijuana has doubled
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Twelve years after the International Astronomical Union voted in a definition of planethood that reclassified Pluto, the debate goes on. A newly published study uses the historical record to take aim at the definition’s most controversial clause: the idea that a planet in the solar system has to “cl...
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An Alaska company says changing ice conditions in the North Slope area have allowed it to make a bulk fuel delivery to Prudhoe Bay by barge for the first time. KTUU-TV reported Thursday that Colville Inc. ...
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Francis cited his recent letter about combatting abuse to 74 new bishops
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U.S. officials held at least three meetings with Venezuelan military officers
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The United States, despite withdrawing from a landmark accord aimed at curbing climate change, is stonewalling vital UN talks over how to fund poorer nations as they battle against global warming, multiple sources told AFP Saturday. US President Donald Trump caused global outrage by announcing the...