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Yuan Longping, one of China's greatest heroes, is dead at 90. Here's how he...

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Utah governor asks residents to pray for rain to combat a severe drought

Summary List PlacementGOP Gov. Spencer Cox of Utah on Thursday asked state residents to engage in a "weekend of prayer" for rain amid a severe drought.Cox's request came after he declared a state of...

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Scientists have solved the mystery behind India's devastating flood that...

Summary List PlacementImagine a wall of rock and ice 1,800 feet wide falling the length of four Empire State Buildings stacked end-to-end.A slab that size is responsible for the disaster in northern...

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How NASA's $3.5 billion idea could save Earth from a supervolcano apocalypse

Summary List PlacementFollowing is a transcript of the video.Narrator: There's a volcano beneath Yellowstone National Park. But it's not your average volcano. It's hundreds of meters deep, larger than...

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SpaceX could reportedly delay its first Starship orbit mission because the...

Summary List PlacementSpaceX may have to delay its first Starship rocket orbit mission because of ongoing assessments of wildlife and ecosystems around the launch area, a source told CNN on Tuesday.The...

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Chick-fil-A has been accused of wasting food daily after a TikTok video...

Summary List PlacementA Chick-fil-A employee has posted a video on TikTok purporting to show the amount of chicken nuggets that are thrown out by the fast-food chain daily.In the footage, the worker...

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Marjorie Taylor Greene is buying stock in companies that back Black Lives...

Summary List PlacementIn April, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said that Black Lives Matter "is the strongest terrorist threat in our county."She also introduced legislation to award Congressional Gold...

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Hundreds of songbirds are dying from a mysterious illness that causes strange...

Summary List PlacementHundreds of songbirds across at least eight US states are dying from a mysterious illness with strange symptoms, but experts have no idea what's causing it.The US Geological...

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Divers found human waste in Tulum's sinkholes and cave pools as a...

Summary List PlacementConstruction in the popular tourist destination of Tulum, Mexico, is booming to keep up with an influx of digital nomads and other visitors. With new hotels and restaurants come a...

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Bees pollinate more than a third of the world's crops. Here's what would...

Summary List PlacementFollowing is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Bees might not be your favorite insects out there. After all, their stings can really hurt.Hand: Ouch!Narrator: But as far as...

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Viral TikToks show thousands of dead fish washing up on Florida's beaches, as...

Summary List PlacementOver the past month, thousands of dead fish have washed up along Florida's once pristine Tampa Bay coast.The culprit behind Florida's 3 million pounds of dead marine life is a...

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The amount of warming that world leaders collectively agreed to avoid? It's...

Summary List PlacementWhen world leaders from 195 countries gathered in Paris almost six years ago, they agreed to try to cut greenhouse-gas emissions enough to keep global temperatures from rising...

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Debunking 13 of the biggest climate change myths

Summary List PlacementFollowing is a transcript of the video.Benjamin Cook:"Global warming is caused by cow farts."Deepti Singh: It's not by their farts, but it's by belching.Cook:"A few degrees'...

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A company in India has found a way to recycle cigarette butts into toys and...

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'The Day After Tomorrow' film foretold a real and troubling trend: The...

Summary List PlacementIn the 2004 film "The Day After Tomorrow," a climatologist played by Dennis Quaid warns world leaders about a rapid climate shift.The key factor is an ocean current system called...

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Why baby boomers are the real problem, according to 21 millennials

Summary List PlacementWhiny, self-obsessed, not politically engaged enough — the accusations directed at millennials by older generations seem endless.Millennials, or anyone born between 1980 and 2000,...

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Two ways volcanologists sample lava from hard to almost impossible

Summary List PlacementFollowing is a transcript of the video. Jeff Karson: Here we go.Abby Tang: This is lava. And this is also lava. One's man-made, and one's, well, coughed up by Mother Earth. But...

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Feel like the climate crisis is hopeless? That's because the powerful are...

Summary List PlacementThe climate-crisis news is constant: Wildfires start earlier and earlier in the year in California, extreme weather floods places not built to handle extreme weather, the Arctic...

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Broken tech is causing a mounting environmental disaster. It's time for tech...

Summary List PlacementFor years, Apple has insisted that your iPhone is good for the planet. "We build them with the environment in mind," the company proclaims, and it builds the ubiquitous devices...

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Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett rejects bid to halt construction of...

Summary List PlacementSupreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Friday rejected a bid to halt construction of the Barack Obama Presidential Center in Chicago's historic Jackson Park.A nonprofit...

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