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Today: September 20, 2024

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Homeowners face rising insurance rates as climate change makes wildfires, storms more common

A growing number of Americans are finding it difficult to afford insurance on their homes, a problem only expected to worsen because insurers and lawmakers have underestimated the impact of climate change, a new report says

Homeowners face rising insurance rates as climate change makes wildfires, storms more common
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Biden uses executive power to create a New Deal-style American Climate Corps

Environmental activists are praising President Joe Biden's New Deal-style American Climate Corps

Biden uses executive power to create a New Deal-style American Climate Corps
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This simple log structure may be the oldest example of early humans building with wood

A pair of crossed logs in Zambia may be the oldest evidence of early humans building with wood

This simple log structure may be the oldest example of early humans building with wood
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NASA spacecraft delivering biggest sample yet from an asteroid

Planet Earth is about to receive the biggest sample yet from an asteroid

NASA spacecraft delivering biggest sample yet from an asteroid
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Sufjan Stevens is relearning to walk after Guillain-Barre Syndrome left him immobile, hospitalized

Grammy- and Oscar-nominated indie musician Sufjan Stevens is relearning how to walk after the autoimmune disease Guillain-Barre Syndrome left him immobile, representatives confirmed to The Associated Press

Sufjan Stevens is relearning to walk after Guillain-Barre Syndrome left him immobile, hospitalized
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Ancient 'power' palazzo on Rome's Palatine Hill reopens to tourists, decades after closure

Tourists in Rome can now enjoy a “new” ancient attraction

Ancient 'power' palazzo on Rome's Palatine Hill reopens to tourists, decades after closure
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Elon Musk’s Quest for the Future Marred by Unethical Practices and Hidden Agony

Elon Musk’s bold venture, Neuralink, was caught amidst a storm of controversy following the tragic demise of their test subjects – monkeys. This article delves into the grim specifics of these occurrences, calling into question the ethical practices surrounding such advanced technology experiments. Neuralink, an Elon Musk-backed biotech business with a bold goal of developing a brain-computer interface, has been making waves in the media. If it pans out, this cutting-edge technology might radically alter the way people interact with machines and one another. But getting at such a game-changing discovery is riddled with difficulties and moral questions. Despite the

Elon Musk’s Quest for the Future Marred by Unethical Practices and Hidden Agony
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Governments and individuals debate: Are mandates needed to reach climate change targets?

Governments, organizations and businesses have set ambitious goals to combat climate change

Governments and individuals debate: Are mandates needed to reach climate change targets?
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Top warming talks official hopes for 'course correction' and praises small steps in climate efforts

A top official of upcoming international climate negotiations hopes to prove critics wrong and surprise them with a “course correction” for an ever-warming world

Top warming talks official hopes for 'course correction' and praises small steps in climate efforts
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The fall equinox is here. What does that mean?

Fall gets its official start this weekend in the Northern Hemisphere

The fall equinox is here. What does that mean?
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Biologists in slow and steady race to help North America's largest and rarest tortoise species

U.S. wildlife officials have finalized an agreement with Ted Turner’s Endangered Species Fund regarding the release of more Bolson tortoises on the media mogul’s Armendaris Ranch in central New Mexico

Biologists in slow and steady race to help North America's largest and rarest tortoise species
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Workers uncover eight mummies and pre-Inca objects while expanding the gas network in Peru

Some archaeologists describe Peru’s capital as an onion with many layers of history, others consider it a box of surprises

Workers uncover eight mummies and pre-Inca objects while expanding the gas network in Peru
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Historians race to find Great Lakes shipwrecks before quagga mussels destroy the sites

Historians are racing to locate Great Lakes shipwrecks before a seemingly unstoppable invasive mussel destroys them and erases part of the region's heritage

Historians race to find Great Lakes shipwrecks before quagga mussels destroy the sites
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Birthplace of the atomic bomb braces for its biggest mission since the top-secret Manhattan Project

Los Alamos was the perfect spot for the U.S. government’s top-secret Manhattan Project

Birthplace of the atomic bomb braces for its biggest mission since the top-secret Manhattan Project
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The threat of wildfires is rising. So are new artificial intelligence solutions to fight them

Wildfires fueled by climate change have ravaged communities from Maui to the Mediterranean this summer, killing many people, exhausting firefighters and fueling demand for new solutions

The threat of wildfires is rising. So are new artificial intelligence solutions to fight them
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NASA's first asteroid samples land on Earth after release from spacecraft

A space capsule carrying NASA’s first asteroid samples has landed in the Utah desert

NASA's first asteroid samples land on Earth after release from spacecraft
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After summer's extreme weather, more Americans see climate change as a culprit, AP-NORC poll shows

More Americans believe they've personally felt the impact of climate change because of recent extreme weather, including a summer that brought dangerous heat for much of the United States

After summer's extreme weather, more Americans see climate change as a culprit, AP-NORC poll shows
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US aims to create nuclear fusion facility within 10 years, Energy chief Granholm says

U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm says nuclear fusion is a pioneering technology and the Biden administration wants to harness it as part of the transition to clean energy

US aims to create nuclear fusion facility within 10 years, Energy chief Granholm says
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As thaw accelerates, Swiss glaciers have lost 10% of their volume in the past 2 years, experts say

A Swiss Academy of Sciences panel is reporting a dramatic acceleration of glacier melt in the Alpine country, which has lost 10% of its ice volume in just two years after high summer heat and low snow volumes in winter

As thaw accelerates, Swiss glaciers have lost 10% of their volume in the past 2 years, experts say
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Spotted lanternfly has spread to Illinois, threatening trees and crops

Illinois says an invasive insect called the spotted lanternfly has been confirmed in the state for the first time

Spotted lanternfly has spread to Illinois, threatening trees and crops
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US quietly acknowledges Iran satellite successfully reached orbit as tensions remain high

The United States has quietly acknowledged that Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard successfully put an imaging satellite into orbit this week in a launch that resembled others previously criticized by Washington as helping Tehran’s ballistic missile program

US quietly acknowledges Iran satellite successfully reached orbit as tensions remain high
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Rare US bison roundup rustles up hundreds to maintain health of the species

South Dakota cowboys and cowgirls are rounding up a herd of more than 1,500 bison as part of an annual effort to maintain the health of the species, which has rebounded from near-extinction

Rare US bison roundup rustles up hundreds to maintain health of the species
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Endangered red wolf can make it in the wild, but not without `significant' help, study says

A long-awaited viability study says the endangered red wolf can survive in the wild, but it's going to take “substantial management efforts beyond many of those currently implemented.”

Endangered red wolf can make it in the wild, but not without `significant' help, study says
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Things to know about the Nobel Prizes

The annual Nobel Prize announcements are over with the final award, for economics, going to Harvard professor Claudia Goldin for advancing the understanding of women’s labor market outcomes

Things to know about the Nobel Prizes
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Video provides first clear views of WWII aircraft carriers lost in the pivotal Battle of Midway

Footage from deep in the Pacific Ocean has given the first detailed look at three World War II aircraft carriers that sank in the pivotal Battle of Midway

Video provides first clear views of WWII aircraft carriers lost in the pivotal Battle of Midway

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