A record of the Earth’s temperature covering half a billion years
The results, which the researchers call PhanDA, estimate global temperatures over the last 485 million years, going back to ...
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Earth's outer core may hold a hidden 'doughnut'
A newly discovered doughnut shape in Earth's outer core may reveal elements that help drive the formation of the planet's ...
Tech billionaire pulls off first private spacewalk high above Earth
A tech billionaire has performed the first private spacewalk hundreds of miles above Earth. It was a high-risk endeavor ...
18,000 Miles Later, an American Woman Has Cycled the World
It took Lael Wilcox 108 days to circumnavigate the globe. Improbably, she said it was “the most fun ride of my life.” ...
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Greenland’s Climate-Driven Megatsunami Caused The Whole Earth To Shake For 9 Days
The landslide itself is probably caused by climate change, Svennevig and co-authors believe. The extreme temperature swings between Greenland’s summer and winter mean that avalanches have always been ...
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Fall equinox: Why the first day of fall isn’t as equal as you might think
In Japan, Autumnal Equinox Day is a national holiday. In Japanese, it’s known as Shubun no Hi (秋分の日), according to Coto ...
Too hot for humpbacks: The race to protect Pacific whales
Humpback whales have been making a conservation comeback – but warming seas are putting their recovery at risk.
Cyclist hoping to break record for around-the-world journey stops in Springfield
Lael Wilcox hopes to complete an unsupported circumnavigation of the world in just 110 days. The current record was completed ...
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Billionaire steps out of SpaceX capsule for first private spacewalk hundreds of miles above Earth
A billionaire has stepped out for the first private spacewalk, teaming up with SpaceX on the daring endeavor hundreds of miles above Earth. Tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman and his crew ...
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Casey Cep on Ronald E. Walters of the National Cemetery Administration.
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Feeling the heat as Earth breaks yet another record for hottest summer
The European climate service Copernicus says Earth just sweltered to its hottest summer on record. That makes it even more ...
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How women at The Globe watched the world change while, too often, the newsroom didn’t
This is an excerpt from A Nation’s Paper: The Globe and Mail in the ... from the unladylike harshness of a cruel world. The Globe and The Toronto Mail newspapers learned early that publishing ...