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Why Was Afghanistan’s Magnitude 5.9 Earthquake So Devastating?
This week eastern Afghanistan was struck by a middle-of-the night earthquake that became the country’s deadliest in two decades. The…
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UK’s largest carbon capture project will turn CO2 into baking soda
Tata Chemicals Europe’s plant at Northwich will eventually capture 40,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year for use in making…
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We must accept we won’t meet 1.5°C climate target, says report
Social, political and technological inertia mean the Paris Agreement’s target of limiting global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial temperatures is…
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Fusion power may run out of fuel before it even gets started
A version of this story appeared in Science, Vol 376, Issue 6600.Download PDF In 2020, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories delivered five…
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75 per cent of the world’s top websites allow bad passwords
An analysis of 120 of the world’s top-ranked English-language websites has found that many of them allow weak passwords, including…
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Prescribed Burns Are More Dangerous Because of Climate Change
CLIMATEWIRE | The head of the Forest Service says in a new report that climate change is making prescribed fire…
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Research on Gun Violence Has Been Thwarted. It’s Now More Urgent than Ever
The Supreme Court’s decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen represents the latest shattering of once-routine…
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Sleep apnoea symptoms in post-menopausal women linked to low oestrogen
Reduced levels of oestrogen and progesterone seem to be what makes post-menopausal women more likely to have symptoms of sleep…
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Megalodon may have been higher up the food chain than any modern shark
Megatooth sharks, including megalodon, seem to have had the highest position in food webs ever occupied by marine predators Life…
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Breast cancer is more likely to spread during sleep
Tumour cells appear to circulate in the blood more during the night, hinting that therapies should be targeted to maximise…
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