Day: April 16, 2024

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Ground-level ozone is getting worse. Here’s what it means for your health.

Belching factory smokestacks and black smoke pouring from muscle-car tailpipes made the air unsafe to breathe in parts of the ...

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Why Passover is one of Judaism’s most important holidays

As the days brighten and spring kicks into full swing, Jews all over the world prepare for Passover, a weeklong ...

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Mass grave found in Fiji sparks a mystery: cannibalism or contagion?

The reef-fringed shores of Fiji’s largest island of Vitu Levu draw tourists eager to snorkel in its tropical waters. Just ...

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The best under-sink water filters

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An octopus invited this writer into her tank—and her secret world

I'd never met anyone like Athena before.Though she was an adult, she was only about four feet tall. She weighed ...

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This biologist and her rescue dog help protect bears in the Andes

One unusual team joining National Geographic’s two-year exploration of the Amazon River Basin: scientist Ruthmery Pillco Huarcaya and her canine ...

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8 fascinating facts about octopuses—from their supersmarts to their favorite foods

With their bulbous mantles, squirming arms, and clouds of ink, it’s no wonder that octopuses—from the kraken to Ursula in ...

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Survivors of 2017 Ariana Grande U.K. concert bombing take legal action against intelligence agency

LONDON — More than 250 survivors of the suicide bombing that killed 22 people at a 2017 Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, ...

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Johnson signals he won’t put Senate supplemental on the floor despite increased pressure