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Why the Beirut blast created a mushroom cloud
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Whale ‘roadkill’ is on the rise off California. A new detection system could...
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The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has one star that always rises to the top
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Ralphie from ‘A Christmas Story’ could have been the first child in space....
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SpaceX Starships keep exploding, but it’s all part of Elon Musk’s plan
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Electric vehicle fires are rare, but challenging to extinguish
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Why a record number of container ships are backed up off the coast of California
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These new robots will plunge into the ocean’s most alien depths
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How floating power ports could help cargo ships cut their air pollution
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Coping advice from people with the world’s most stressful jobs
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The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has one star that always rises to the top
The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, the iconic, globally-beloved event that heralds the beginning of the winter holiday season, will undergo some of the most drastic changes in its 94-year history due...
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SpaceX Starships keep exploding, but it’s all part of Elon Musk’s plan
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Why a record number of container ships are backed up off the coast of California
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Coping advice from people with the world’s most stressful jobs
LIFE IS RARELY WORRY-FREE, but unprecedented angst has become a constant. Beyond the regular challenges of everyday existence—chaotic households, traffic jams, overbearing bosses—the looming presence...
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The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has one star that always rises to the top
The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, the iconic, globally-beloved event that heralds the beginning of the winter holiday season, will undergo some of the most drastic changes in its 94-year history due...
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The pandemic has exposed serious weaknesses in the global supply chain, causing a backup of cargo ships in seaports around the world. While consumers have experienced rising prices and severe delivery...
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These new robots will plunge into the ocean’s most alien depths
At the bottom of the Mariana Trench, at a place called the Challenger Deep near Guam, 36,000 feet beneath the surface of the ocean, the pressures from the water above reach a crushing eight tons per...
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Coping advice from people with the world’s most stressful jobs
LIFE IS RARELY WORRY-FREE, but unprecedented angst has become a constant. Beyond the regular challenges of everyday existence—chaotic households, traffic jams, overbearing bosses—the looming presence...
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Why the Beirut blast created a mushroom cloud
The powerful explosion that rocked Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday has so far killed more than 150 people, injured thousands, and destroyed dozens of buildings in the country’s capital city. But one...
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The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has one star that always rises to the top
The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, the iconic, globally-beloved event that heralds the beginning of the winter holiday season, will undergo some of the most drastic changes in its 94-year history due...
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