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7 of your favorite foods might be going extinct soon
There's no denying that the seasons are out of whack. Besides affecting our moods and making us complain more, the weird weather will inevitably affect our food.Agriculture requires very specific...
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The Global Seed Vault in Norway was built to shelter millions of crops from any potential natural or man-made disaster.Join the conversation about this story »
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A lot of Trump's property is in areas that the Paris agreement was designed...
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump's decision to pull out of the Paris climate agreement could accelerate damage to his family's real estate empire in the coming decades, especially his...
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This map shows which states are vowing to defy Trump and uphold the US' Paris...
In early June, President Trump announced his intention to pull the US out of the landmark Paris climate agreement. But not all US states (or cities) are on board.Eleven states, plus Washington, DC and...
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Incredible photo shows hot lava forming tornadoes of steam over the ocean
Few sights in nature are as awesome as molten lava pouring into the ocean.This fearsome yet beautiful process slowly builds islands like Hawaii — arguably the tallest mountain on Earth, thanks to the...
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A surprising court ruling could 'reset the clock' on the Dakota Access Pipeline
Despite the controversy surrounding the Dakota Access Pipeline, it commenced operations on June 1 under an executive order from Donald Trump.The pipeline is now shuttling barrels of North...
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This new animation shows how close Antarctica is to losing an iceberg the...
A block of ice about the size of Delaware could break off of Antarctica "within days," researchers suggest. And a new animation shows just how close the humongous iceberg is to calving.Antarctica's...
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Here's what 5 popular fruits and vegetables looked like before people...
The INSIDER Summary:• Fruits and vegetables used to look really, really different.• They've been genetically modified over hundreds of years.• Here's what watermelons, bananas, eggplants, carrots, and...
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Two-thirds of Americans disagree with Trump's decision to pull out of the...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Less than one-third of Americans support President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accord, a new poll shows, and just 18% of respondents agree with his...
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A Cornell scientist saved an $11-million industry — and ignited a food...
It started with rotting flesh.Slicing into the green skin of a Hawaiian papaya ordinarily yields juicy, salmon-colored fruit that's almost custard-like in its consistency and sweetness. But in the...
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We're learning more and more about the animals that vastly out-live humans
If humans have any hope of living forever, we should probably take a hint from the dozens of other animals on Earth that far outpace our measly 71 years. One of the longest-lived of these animals is...
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Yellowstone grizzlies are losing endangered species protection — here's why...
The Interior Department plans to remove the federal protections that the Yellowstone grizzly bear has had under the Endangered Species Act for the last 42 years, officials announced on June 22.In 1975,...
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These mysterious tube-like animals are invading Canada's coastline
The bioluminescent sea creatures started showing up along the coastline of British Columbia about two years ago.The soft, spongy, animals are called pyrosomes and they are not normally found in the...
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A deadly supervolcano lies under Yellowstone — here's what would happen if it...
Yellowstone National Park is best known for its Old Faithful geyser and its stunning wildlife.But the national park also sits atop a supervolcano, simmering just under the surface. You can see some of...
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'Energy is worth a war': US nuclear supremacy is collapsing, but there's a...
Westinghouse's bankruptcy culminates the collapse of potential US strategic leadership in world nuclear energy. The US has faltered in many aspects of nuclear technology, now allowing other nations to...
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Rising sea levels could cause the largest refugee crisis in history
Earth’s political boundaries will always shift as conflict rises and regimes fall. We are used to this sort of change and the out-of-date maps it produces. But nothing in the history of human diplomacy...
View ArticleMichelin just unveiled plans for a concept tyre that would never need to be...
Michelin's visionary concept tyre is 3D printed so when the tread becomes worn it can be printed on again, meaning you'd never need to replace the tyre.The tyre is made from natural and biodegradable...
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Jellied sea creatures confound scientists, fishers on US Pacific Coast
LOS ANGELES — Drifting throngs of jellylike, glowing organisms native to tropical seas far from shore have invaded Pacific coastal waters from Southern California to the Gulf of Alaska this year,...
View ArticleSwarms of jellyfish are shutting down power plants around the world
Hundreds of jellyfish threaten to shut down an Israeli power plant every summer. In recent years, several other power plants around the world have faced the same threat.Join the conversation about this...
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The EPA has moved to repeal a major Obama-era clean water rule
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers released a proposal on Tuesday to repeal the 2015 Clean Water Rule, the latest move by the Trump administration to unwind...
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