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The significant federal health workers layoffs that began Tuesday will result in a substantial reduction in the scope and impact of the Centers for Disease Control…
The Crown Prosecutor’s Office is planning to update its guidance on “revenge porn” crimes to ensure that explicit photos of the victim are no longer allowed…
Firefighters illuminate controlled burns to destroy vegetation and fires between homes in Big Bar, CaliforniaZuma Press, Inc. /Alamy California plans to thin millions of acres of…
MrBeast, a famous YouTube star and the highest-paid creator on the internet, has officially joined the bid to acquire TikTok’s US operations. Teaming up with technology…
Eric Porth, director of the California Water Resources Institute, mentioned that having more water tanks in the Palisades area could have been beneficial. However, he noted…
COP President Mukhtar Babayev (second from right) praises the conclusion of the climate change summitSean Gallup/Getty Images After a long and eventful night of talks, COP29…
Police stand guard in front of a hotel ahead of the United Nations biodiversity conference COP16 to be held in Cali, Colombia on October 19th.Fernando Vergara/AP/Alamy…
Construction of controversial Amazon basin dam facilitiesMario Tama/Getty Images The amount of land and water with formally protected biodiversity has increased by less than 0.5 percent…
The U.S. has seen a significant decrease in greenhouse gas emissions due to the growth of clean energy, but it falls short of the targets set…
Things are getting better Iberian Lynx. About 20 years ago, the pointy-eared wild cat was on the brink of extinction, but as of Thursday, the International…
The president of encrypted messaging app Signal expressed concern that police were using valid public complaints about data collection and surveillance by big tech companies like…
Avian influenza spreads through U.S. dairy herds Mladen Bali Novak/Getty Images Public health experts warn that not enough is being done to stop the spread of the avian influenza virus in U.S. dairy cows, increasing the risk of the disease spreading to people. More than a month has passed since the United States Department of
Amazon’s profits skyrocketed in the first quarter of 2024, as announced by the company on Tuesday. This marks another strong financial performance from the retail giant,…
PsiQuantum silicon photonic chips Psi Quantum The Australian government has announced it will invest nearly A$1 billion in developing quantum computers, staking its claim in a…
People rally in Ottawa to support ending plastic pollutionThe Canadian Press/Shutterstock Representatives from nearly every country will gather in Canada to hammer out the details of…
Voyager 1 faced a critical issue when it was first discovered in November. NASA acknowledged that while the spacecraft was still in communication with Earth, the…
A recent study conducted on wildlife conservation projects worldwide revealed that they have been successful in two-thirds of cases. Despite this, wildlife presenters like chris packham…
Taiwan experienced a significant earthquake on Wednesday, with experts noting that it was larger than some areas in the United States. The island was well-prepared for…
Amazon is facing an anti-government campaign that could lead to increased unionization among its employees, with allegations of unethical behavior surfacing. Workers attempting to organize within…
According to NASA’s estimates, Louisiana has lost about 750 square miles of coastal wetlands since 1984. Check out the report for more details. In a recent…
Sand Martin Wood, located in Four, near Carlisle, Cumbria, UK, was acquired by carbon offset company co2balance in September 2006. Construction Photography/Avalon/Getty Images I live near Holloway Prison, a former women’s prison, in north London. It closed in 2016 and is currently being demolished to make way for apartment construction. A huge pile of rubble
Fish caught in discarded nets in the Great Pacific Garbage PatchOcean Voyages Institute/ZUMA Wire/Shutterstock It was a bright sunny day in September 2023. Excitement filled the…
Burning buildings, collapsing tunnels, sinking ships… wherever you're trapped and in danger, there's a robot designed to come to your rescue. Here are nine of the…
Google is removing popular apps in a new shake-up within the company. The Google Play Movies & TV app will be retired soon. The service has…
Researchers have developed a breakthrough method to protect polar bears by analyzing DNA from footprints in the snow. This non-invasive technique can also be applied to…