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SpaceX launches its biggest, most beefed-up Starship yet on a test flight
SpaceX launched its biggest, most powerful Starship yet on a test flight Friday, an upgraded version that NASA is counting on to land astronauts on the moon.
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Atlantic hurricane season forecast to be milder than normal thanks to El Nino
A developing El Nino that is forecast to get quite strong will likely dampen the upcoming Atlantic hurricane season, but it won't make the potentially deadly storms disappear, federal and outside meteorologists predict.
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EPA to end some limits on ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water
The Trump administration announced Monday that it will drop some limits on “forever chemicals” in drinking water that officials had determined can cause cancer and other serious health problems — angering some key activists who had supported President Donald Trump’s campaign.
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WHO chief concerned over ‘scale and speed’ of Ebola outbreak as Congo reports 134 dead
The head of the World Health Organization on Tuesday expressed concern over the “scale and speed” of an outbreak of a rare type of Ebola known as Bundibugyo in eastern Congo, where authorities reported 134 suspected deaths and more than 500 suspected cases.
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What to know about the Ebola outbreak blamed for scores of deaths in Congo
Africa’s top public health body has confirmed a new Ebola outbreak in Congo’s Ituri province, the 17th since the disease first emerged in the country in 1976.
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Antarctica’s tourism boom raises concerns about contamination and disease
Driven in part by fears that the frozen landscapes of Antarctica may be irreversibly melting away because of climate change, tourism to the bottom of the world is soaring. And experts warn that with more visitors comes an increased risk of contamination, illness and other damage to the continent.
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Bright lights and hot orbs: UFO files shed light on sightings but leave interpretation to the public
Buzz Aldrin observing a “fairly bright light source” while aboard the Apollo 11. A mysterious object making “multiple 90-degree turns” at a speedy clip. A blaringly bright object doing corkscrew twists over the skies in Kazakhstan.
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David Attenborough, the excited but hushed voice of nature programs, turns 100
David Attenborough, the world’s most famous wildlife presenter, is celebrating his 100th birthday on Friday.
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Georgia officials knew chemicals from carpet mills were polluting local water. The people did not
State officials knew nearly two decades ago that toxic chemicals called PFAS were spreading from the carpet mills of northwest Georgia into rivers that are the region's main source of drinking water. Local residents did not know.
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Rare earth mining is poisoning Mekong River tributaries, threatening ‘the world’s kitchen’
Toxic runoff from rare earth mines in Myanmar is contaminating rivers that flow into Thailand, threatening the Mekong River and its basin's fisheries and farmland.
