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After 2000 years of isolation, a few decades of interbreeding have rendered the animal “genomically extinct”

Already-stressed reefs face a red menace

Pistol Pete Maravich drives on Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Some players, like Maravich, are utterly unique

ESA and the European Commission are joining forces to accelerate the use of Earth-observing satellites and the information they provide to address the pressing challenge of climate change.

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U.S. regulators say they will review the use of a chemical found in almost every tire after a petition from West Coast Native American tribes that want it banned because it kills salmon as they return from the ocean to their natal streams to spawn.

Co-hosts Becca Rashid and the Atlantic contributing writer Ian Bogost examine our relationship with time and what we can do to reclaim it.

Scarlett Johansson has taken legal action against an artificial intelligence app that used her face and voice in an advertisement without her permission. What do you think?

A year after 2022 elections, former House Jan. 6 panel members warn of Trump and 2024 danger  CBS News

The half-Palestinian supermodel has been a vocal supporter of Palestinian rights and previously released a statement on her personal Instagram account on the ongoing conflict in Gaza

One of the two great powers of writing fiction is the capacity to invent, to activate the imagination and access realities unlike our own

Was it magic or magnets that made the machine move? Perhaps a divine spark or a mischievous spirit? For 60 years European high society marveled at a device called the Mechanical Turk, a life-sized mannequin in mock-oriental robes attached to a box crammed with brass gears. The machine, it seemed, could play chess without any human help. Maria Theresa was charmed by the contraption; Ben Franklin lost a game to it; Napoleon Bonaparte tried to cheat the Turk with illegal moves, yet every time, the... Читать дальше...

The Republican candidate for Kentucky attorney general, Russell Coleman, has promised throughout his campaign to be tough on crime. “Back the blue,” says his website, which describes him as a “career lawman” who “will protect you from violent criminals.” But a look at his time as U.S. attorney for the western district of Kentucky shows he is neither tough on criminals nor any good at keeping promises.

Few things are guaranteed at the Supreme Court. The justices can almost always choose to hear or not hear certain cases, to rule or not rule on certain questions, and to decide or not decide specific matters. This usually means they don’t act. But in an upcoming gun case heading their way, they might not have much of a choice in the matter.

In 1990, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its first report on global warming—and by so doing started the clock on our collective response. In the three decades since then, humanity—as nations, peoples, and corporations—has spewed more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than it has in all preceding history.

Rishi Sunak has responded for the first time to allegations that a Tory MP committed a series of rapes, saying the claims were "very serious".

Co-hosts Becca Rashid and the Atlantic contributing writer Ian Bogost examine our relationship with time and what we can do to reclaim it.

Michael Lockwood is concerned a new addition to the family will interfere with his twin daughter's share.

Donald Trump testifies on Monday in his New York attorney general Letitia James' civil fraud lawsuit after sons Eric and Donald Jr. did last week.

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GOOG stock has a chance to recover if the market gets over its disappointment with Alphabet's quarterly cloud-computing business results.

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• Musk’s “Project Omega” May Be Set to Mint New Millionaires. Here’s How to Get In.
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The Penguins remain in California and will play the Anaheim Ducks tomorrow. In the meantime, catch up on some weekend headlines in today’s Pens Points.

The grades examine safety procedures at general hospitals nationwide, focusing on prevention of medical errors, accidents and infections.

After being squashed, the pumpkins are sent to processing centers to be turned into compost.

Lawmakers who say they support diversity in the industry have a second chance to approve a measure in the fall veto session.

An Illinois law increased minimum prison sentences for repeat gun possession offenders in 2018, but it could expire if state lawmakers don't act this week to extend it.