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A negative leap second has never been added or tested
One day in the next couple of years, everyone in the world will lose a second...
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A Nigerian woman reviewed some tomato puree online. Now she faces jail
A Nigerian woman who wrote an online review of a can of tomato puree is facing...
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Archaeologists are now finding microplastics in ancient remains
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Laurent de Brunhoff, 'Babar the Elephant' author, died
Writer and illustrator Laurent de Brunhoff, who continued his father’s legacy by producing dozens of original...
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Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia will be completed in 2026
The Sagrada Familia in Barcelona will finally be finished in 2026, more than 140 years after...
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One of the largest eruptions in Earth's history could have wiped out humans
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Italian town is struggling to sell off its empty homes for one euro
Italy’s one-euro-home sales have been attracting a lot of interest over the past few years, with...
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Why are bidets just now getting popular in America?
Bring up installing a bidet to the average American before the pandemic, and they might have...
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Why don't humans have tails?
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Pandas aren't all black and white. Some come in a different shade
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A nostalgic look back at when the Internet still felt joyful
At the turn of the millennium, web-based technology was in a state of chrysalis. Google was...
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Netflix's'3 Body Problem' divides opinion and sparks nationalist anger in China
A Netflix adaptation of wildly popular Chinese sci-fi novel “The Three-Body Problem” has split opinions in...
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ISIS claims responsibility for Moscow concert venue attack that killed least 60
ISIS has claimed responsibility for an attack at a popular concert hall complex near Moscow Friday...
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Gigantic new aircraft design aims to create the largest plane ever to fly
There’s a global energy crisis and onshore wind farms are a potential growth option. Larger wind...
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Beijing accuses Evergrande of inflating revenues by $78B
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Nearly 5M animals dead in Mongolia's harshest winter in half a century
Mongolia is freezing through its harshest winter in half a century with extreme conditions killing more...
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Why America says Apple is a monopoly
New York CNN — “Buy your mom an iPhone.” That was Apple CEO Tim Cook’s famous...
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A coal billionaire is building the biggest clean energy plant
Five times the size of Paris. Visible from space. The world’s biggest energy plant. Enough electricity...
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Electronic waste has grown to record levels
From old cellphones to broken refrigerators and discarded e-cigarettes, global electronic waste has reached record highs...
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'Britain's Pompeii' reveals Bronze Age village frozen in time
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Judge rules that YouTube, Facebook and Reddit must face legal action
A New York state judge on Monday denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit against several...
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Cyberattacks are hitting water systems across US, Biden officials warn governors
Cyberattacks are hitting water and wastewater systems “throughout the United States” and state governments and water...
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Global ocean heat has been at record levels every single day for the last year
The world’s oceans have now experienced an entire year of unprecedented heat, with a new temperature...
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Japan ends negative interest rate policy in historic pivot
Japan has ended its negative interest rate policy, marking a historic shift away from an aggressive...