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Anthony Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment at Senate hearing on Covid response | World News
Former US Chief Medical Advisor Dr Anthony Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment during a Republican-led Senate hearing on Wednesday, declining…
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US: Gladwin residents asked not to use toilet, shower after lightning damages wastewater plant | World News
Gladwin residents asked not to use toilet/Image: AI Representative Image Residents of Gladwin, a city in the US state of…
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Researchers mapped 5,600km of Canada’s coast using 170 years of records; kelp persistence reached 88% in cold waters but fell to 52% in warmer sheltered areas
Centennial persistence of kelp forests on the West Coast of Vancouver Island, Canada Researchers have reconstructed nearly 170 years of…
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500,000-year-old elephant bone tool found in England reveals advanced early human technology | World News
pc: Study: Elephant-bone tool (NHMUK PV UNREG 4339) from intertidal deposits at the Boxgrove Waterhole Site Half a million years…
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Often called Japan’s Titanic, the 1954 sinking of Toya Maru claimed more than 1,500 lives and reshaped ferry safety | World News
On the evening of 26 September 1954, the Japanese passenger ferry Toya Maru prepared to cross the Tsugaru Strait, the…
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Crochet For Charity: Australian teen, 13, learns crochet online, spends holidays making toys for hospitalised children
While most 13-year-olds spend holidays sleeping and hanging out with friends, Sophie Histed has other plans. The Hillcrest teenager spends…
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California researchers surveyed Point Reyes lagoon 19 times and found 73 pelicans killed by river otters; some birds have now begun flying away when otters approach
These otters are not part of the study. (Image Credit: Harry Collins Photography/Shutterstock) Wildlife researchers checking the shores of Abbotts…
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A trekking pole pierced a Montana nurse through the torso; he then hiked 10 miles for six and a half hours to reach help
Nurse impaled by pole during hike forced to trek 10 miles for help: ‘A freak thing’ A 32-year-old nurse walked…
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Scientists changed the fats in honeybees’ diets before pesticide exposure; survival rose to 90%, compared with below 50% on other diets
Bee (Representative image) A new Penn State study suggests that honey bees may be better able to withstand pesticide exposure…
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An Oregon EMT disabled ambulance cameras she says recorded patients without notice; days later she was fired and has now filed an $800,000 wrongful-termination lawsuit
Metro West Ambulance/Facebook A former emergency medical technician in Oregon has taken her former employer to court for $800,000, claiming…
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