Blue Origin set for space launch after repeated delays
Third time's the charm? Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin will try once again Thursday to launch its New Glenn Rocket.
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COP30: Pacific leaders now have world court backing to call countries to account over climate risk
At the COP30 climate summit in Brazil, Pacific Island states are making a familiar plea to keep warming at 1.5°C. But now they have the backing of a legal opinion that has transformed climate action from a moral and political ...
Environment
Nov 13, 2025
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You might think frogs never get enough water. Turns out, they can fare worse in floods than in bushfires
Frogs need water. Almost all of the world's 7,900 known frog species breed in fresh water. And when it rains, these amphibians erupt into a chorus of calls—croaks, trills, cheeps and bellows—to attract a mate.
Plants & Animals
Nov 13, 2025
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Indigenous political candidates face less voter bias than parties might think: New research
When political parties consider potential Indigenous candidates, they often worry about voter backlash.
Political science
Nov 13, 2025
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How can you help your child prepare to start high school next year?
Moving from primary to high school is one of the biggest transitions in a child's education. For some, it can be a really daunting time, moving away from friends, traveling to a new place and starting very different routines.
Education
Nov 13, 2025
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New training helps police combat ethnic profiling
Ethnic profiling remains a sensitive and complex issue within police work. In his Ph.D. research at the University of Twente, Bas Böing examined how police officers can be more effectively engaged in addressing this problem. ...
Political science
Nov 13, 2025
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What is Fusarium graminearum, the fungus a Chinese scientist pleaded guilty to smuggling into the US?
A Chinese plant scientist at the University of Michigan who drew national attention in June 2025 when she was arrested and accused along with another Chinese scientist of smuggling a crop-damaging fungus into the U.S. pleaded ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 13, 2025
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How drones are altering contemporary warfare
In recent months, Russia has frequently flown drones into NATO territory, where NATO countries typically try to shoot them down. By contrast, when three Russian fighter jets made an incursion into Estonian airspace in September, ...
Social Sciences
Nov 13, 2025
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COP30: Zimbabwe's forest and energy projects reveal the downside of carbon credits
Carbon offsets are a way for companies or countries that pollute the air to "cancel out" some of their carbon emissions by funding projects that protect forests, plant trees, or provide clean energy—sometimes on the other ...
Environment
Nov 13, 2025
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Plastic waste is a toxic legacy—and an important archaeological record
Imagine a remote Galapagos beach, where iguanas stomp around between fishing nets, flip flops, baseball caps and plastic bottles. Stuck in the sand is the empty packet for food sold only in Ecuador, the nearest mainland hundreds ...
Environment
Nov 13, 2025
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