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Heidi Harley
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5 years ago
Cold air diving into the northeastern United States to start the new week will be accompanied by gusty winds, snow and the threat for slippery travel.
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Heidi Harley
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5 years ago
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A volcano in central Indonesia has erupted, ejecting columns of thick ash as high as 7,500 meters (24,606 feet) into the sky.
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Heidi Harley
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5 years ago
Rocket Lab's ramp-up is going well so far. The spaceflight startup launched 13 tiny satellites on its first-ever mission for NASA early this morning (Dec. 16), just a month after acing its first commercial flight. A Rocket Lab Electron booster lift...
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Heidi Harley
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5 years ago
Rocket Lab has sent its first payloads for NASA into orbit from its New Zealand launch pad, atop a low-cost Electron rocket powered by 3-D-printed engines. Liftoff from Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula came at 7:33 p.m. Dec. 16 New Z...
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Heidi Harley
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5 years ago
Quantum Computers Threaten the Web's Security. We Must Take Action Now.
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Heidi Harley
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5 years ago
So why are robots so important for Australia? Because of Australia’s peculiar circumstances: a vast continent, with a relatively small population clustered on the coasts, and a relatively small military.
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Heidi Harley
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5 years ago
Nations on Sunday struck a deal to breathe life into the landmark 2015 Paris climate treaty after marathon UN talks that failed to match the ambition the world's most vulnerable countries need to avert dangerous global warming. Delegates from nearly...
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Heidi Harley
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5 years ago
Nearly 200 countries overcame political divisions late on Saturday to agree rules for implementing the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change, but critics say it is not ambitious enough to prevent the dangerous effects of global warming. Eleventh hou...
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Heidi Harley
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5 years ago
KATOWICE, Poland (AP) — The Latest on the U.N. climate talks in Poland (all times local):
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Heidi Harley
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5 years ago
I don't want a lot for Christmas. There is just one thing I need — and it's that gigantic 552-carat diamond recently uncovered by Canadian miners. Because this isn't just your run-of-the-mill huge ass yellow diamond. The gemstone is ac...
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Heidi Harley
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5 years ago
The refinery has been idle since May when a legal dispute between PDVSA and U.S. producer ConocoPhillips forced its closure. PDVSA's contract to run the facility, which is crucial for its storage, refining and shipping operations, will expire at th...
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Heidi Harley
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5 years ago
Storm Deirdre caused travel hazards, power outages and disruptions this weekend across the United Kingdom.
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Heidi Harley
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5 years ago
After two weeks of talks in the Polish city of Katowice, nations finally reached consensus on a more detailed framework for the 2015 Paris Agreement, which aims to limit a rise in average world temperatures to "well below" 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degr...
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Heidi Harley
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5 years ago
There's now a set of standards for all Paris Agreement-aligned countries to stick to as they work to mitigate the harmful effects of climate change. The deal between the agreement's nearly 200 participating countries came after an all-night...