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Heidi Harley
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5 years ago
The European Union members' coordinated move followed the expiry of an ultimatum for Maduro to call a new election and aligned them with Washington against Russia and China. "From today, we will spare no effort in helping all Venezuelans achieve fre...
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Heidi Harley
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5 years ago
Mirage jets struck a column of 40 pickups carrying armed groups from Libya deep into Chadian territory, the French army said in a statement. The strikes were the first by French jets in support of Chadian troops since the rebel Military Command Coun...
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Heidi Harley
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5 years ago
Electricity users can incur high-demand charges from many U.S. utilities when they draw a lot of energy from the grid in a short time, which can happen charging an electric vehicle or a number of them at once at a single station. "If you pass the de...
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Heidi Harley
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5 years ago
A sharp increase in obesity-linked cancers among young adults in the United States could foreshadow a reversal in the overall decline in cancer mortality, researchers warned Monday. In a sweeping study covering two-thirds of the US population, they...
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Heidi Harley
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5 years ago
The search giant’s fourth-quarter revenue is expected to jump 21 percent to $31.3 billion as marketers spent more on Google ads to reach consumers online. Last week, Alphabet shares rose to the highest levels since October after scandal-plagued riva...
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Heidi Harley
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5 years ago
BELLEVUE, Wash. — A satellite startup called EarthNow is laying out the details of its plan to blanket our planet with high-resolution, real-time, live-video coverage from a 500-satellite constellation in orbit, with support from Microsoft co-founder...
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Heidi Harley
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5 years ago
Two recently published peer-reviewed studies make clear that the planet’s oceans are continuing to set hottest-yet temperature records nearly every year and, secondly, that the rate of ocean warming is in virtual lockstep with what modern clima...
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Heidi Harley
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5 years ago
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week, i.e., Sun, Jan 27 through Sat, Feb 2, 2019
Editor's Pick
A surprising new picture of ocean circulation could have major consequences for clim...
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Heidi Harley
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5 years ago
Bengio, who is also a co-founder of Montreal-based AI software company Element AI, said he was concerned about the technology he helped create being used for controlling people’s behavior and influencing their minds. Bengio, a professor at the Unive...
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Heidi Harley
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5 years ago
Camo-clad rangers ambush a camp in a lush Thai national park, kicking away a machete and a firearm and pinning two suspected poachers to the ground -- part of a training exercise to counter a lucrative wildlife trade. "Go!" team leader Kritkhajorn T...
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Heidi Harley
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5 years ago
Venezuela's opposition supporters will hold rallies across the country on Saturday to show backing for self-proclaimed president Juan Guaido and to protest against the increasingly isolated socialist leader Nicolas Maduro. Maduro's critics also hope...
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Heidi Harley
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5 years ago
Update, with video Are Americans beginning to accept the reality of climate change? Bill Maher sees a "tiny glimmer of hope," the host of HBO's Real Time With Bill Maher said tonight. "Half of Americans say the science is more conv...
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Heidi Harley
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5 years ago
On Friday’s episode of “Real Time,” Bill Maher tore into Republicans who he says ignore climate change, and warned of all the things global warming might render extinct — including Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s beer.
In the “New Rules” seg...
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Heidi Harley
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5 years ago
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine are considering a