The annual World Economic Forum in Davos brought together representatives from government and business to deliberate how to solve the worsening climate and ecological crisis. The meeting...
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On February 2, a court in Moscow sentenced Putin critic Alexy Navalny to two years and eight months in jail. Russia’s most prominent critic has inspired massive protests that have shaken the country...
Explainer: Why is the South China Sea Such a Hotly Contested...
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Why are the Indian Farmers’ Protests Happening Now?
At the borders of India’s capital of New Delhi, thousands of farmers have been camping out since November 25 2020. The largely peaceful farmer protests have recently taken a deadly turn, with...
Wormholes May be Lurking in the Universe – and New Studies are...
Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity profoundly changed our thinking about fundamental concepts in physics, such as space and time. But it also left us with some deep mysteries...
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The Great Dilemma: Who Should be Next in Line for the COVID-19...
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Is Being European a White Identity? Brussels Needs Deep...
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Researchers have not discovered any new antibiotics in decades. But our new research, published today in Nature Microbiology, has found a way to give a second wind to the antibiotics we do have...
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How to Get People From Earth to Mars and Safely Back Again
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We Found Algae-Farming Fish that Domesticate Tiny Shrimp to Help...
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The World’s Oldest Story? Astronomers Say Global Myths about...
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Major New Study Unveils Complexity and Vast Diversity of...
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