Astronomers spotted the highest energy light ever, a big leap toward “understanding the origin of the highest energy cosmic rays.”
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[The International Energy Agency] isn’t a group of lefty climate activists making the case for a rapid phaseout of fossil fuels but a body founded by Henry Kissinger to provide a geopolitical counterweight to OPEC. …
Indigenous Peruvians are being murdered—likely by drug traffickers. Legalizing coca could mitigate future violence.
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The video editing styles that epitomize our current web era—and yes, “Back at It Again at Krispy Kreme” endures.
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San Francisco is hoping to quiet a loud hum emanating from the Golden Gate Bridge. The noise can be heard as far as 10 miles away.
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With the lake over it temporarily drained, an Italian town that’s been submerged since 1950 is visible once more.
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Covid is intensifying insecurities for farmworkers on H-2A visas—who are already among the least protected American laborers.
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What’s a fair fate for non-human captives, like, say, a beluga you’re pretty sure is a Russian spy?
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Working 55 hours or more in a week increases your risk of cardiovascular death—and it kills hundreds of thousands a year.
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To type a Chinese character, one depressed a total of 4 keys—one from each bank—more or less simultaneously, compared by one observer to playing a chord on the piano. Just as the film explained, “if you …