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Data and Figures: Size, Orbit, and Illumination Capabilities
WASHINGTON, July 15 — A mirror satellite with a diameter of approximately 20 meters is set to launch…
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Domestic Horses Still Fear Wolves on Sight, an Ohio State Study Finds
DENVER, July 16 — A 2024 study confirms what evolutionary biologists have long suspected: horses retain a deeply…
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World condemns deadly Houthi attack on Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh airport
Riyadh, October 12 — The Houthi movement launched a deadly attack on Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh international airport on…
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Oil, Gas, Borrowing Costs Surge as Middle East Fears Escalate
WASHINGTON, September 17 — The effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz has pushed oil above $100 a…
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Saudi Arabia Shuts East-West Oil Pipeline After Houthi Attack
RIYADH, September 16 — A key Saudi oil pipeline has been shut down after a series of escalating…
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Tasmania’s renewable grid faces demand from proposed AI data centres
HOBART — Tasmania built its identity on renewable energy. Hydroelectric dams, wind farms, a grid that runs mostly…
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Lightning, Not People, Burned Most of Canada’s 2023 Wildfire Land
OTTAWA, July 18 — The smoke hangs low over the boreal forest, a vast sea of coniferous trees…
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Lettuce and Tobacco Engineered to Make Meat Protein Myoglobin, but Yields Stay Low
SAN FRANCISCO, August 6 — The field of plant genetic engineering has achieved a significant milestone with the…
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Strong 6.3 quake shakes Sarangani, Philippines, no tsunami threat
SARANGANI, Philippines, Aug. 5 — The U.S. Geological Survey recorded a magnitude 6.3 earthquake at 04:14:06 UTC on…
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Webb Spectroscopy Tests How Early Galaxies Grew, and Some Massive Candidates Fall Short
BALTIMORE, Aug. 3 — The record from the James Webb Space Telescope now shows galaxies whose light has…
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1973 Arab Oil Embargo Pushed Crude Prices Up Nearly 300 Percent
WASHINGTON, D.C., August 1 — History records a clear precedent for how significant disruptions to global oil supply…
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Magnitude 5.1 Earthquake Strikes 132 km East-Northeast of Masohi, Indonesia
MASOHI, July 31 — The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has recorded a magnitude 5.1 earthquake striking 153 km…
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Oceans are losing dissolved oxygen as warming and nutrient runoff combine, a scientist warned
WASHINGTON, July 27, 2026 — A 2025 study in the journal Science documented that the ocean’s oxygen-starved zones…
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Magnitude 5.8 Earthquake Strikes Off Atka in Alaska’s Aleutians, No Tsunami Threat
ATKA, Alaska, July 26 — A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck 99 kilometers southeast of Atka, Alaska, at 08:35…
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Oil Hits Two-Week High as Hormuz Stays Shut and US Lets Russian Waiver Lapse
GENEVA, July 25 — The US Treasury issued a 60-day waiver on sanctions covering Iranian oil exports on…
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OPEC+ keeps output steady despite rising geopolitical tensions
VIENNA, July 21 — The 23-nation OPEC+ alliance holds a spare production capacity of roughly 4 to 5…
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Luddite Movement: 19th-Century Tech Backlash & Political Upheaval
NOTTINGHAM, July 21 — The term “Luddite” entered the English lexicon during a wave of organised machine-breaking that…
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Artemis III Will Dock Orion With Two Commercial Lunar Landers in Earth Orbit
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida, July 20 — The next human footsteps on the Moon are scheduled for a launch…
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Houthi Blockade Threat at Bab el-Mandeb Adds to Hormuz Oil Crisis
MANAMA, July 20 — The Bab el-Mandeb strait, whose Arabic name translates to “Gate of Tears,” is among…
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Brent Crude Tops $90 as U.S.-Iran Tensions Raise Fears Over Strait of Hormuz
TEHRAN, July 19 — Brent crude oil prices rose above $90 per barrel in early October 2024, driven…
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LSU Physicists Build Room-Temperature Material That Sorts Quantum States of Light
WASHINGTON, July 19 — A team of physicists has produced the first quantum material that operates at room…
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Hormuz Disruption Pushes Brent Crude Above $120 a Barrel
DUBAI, July 19 — The Strait of Hormuz, a 39-kilometer-wide chokepoint between Oman and Iran, carries roughly 20…
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Badenoch tells Labour to drop Miliband’s green policies and drill in the North Sea
LONDON, July 17 — The political battle lines over the United Kingdom’s energy future hardened Wednesday, as Conservative…
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Strait of Hormuz Disruption Sends Brent Above $100 and Cuts Gulf Oil Exports by 60 Percent
WASHINGTON, July 15 — A partial closure of the Strait of Hormuz could remove 5 to 10 million…
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