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Earth is becoming ‘increasingly uninhabitable,’ scientists warn

Extreme climate events and rising temperatures are threatening Earth’s inhabitants, ecosystems, and infrastructure with severe consequences

The Independent UK

25 Horrifying Stories From People Revealing What Childhood Experiences Made Their Life Unbearable

Probably many of us are aware that bad memories tend to stay with us, sometimes even longer than good ones. At the same time, they're things that made us who we are, no matter how hard or heartbreaking they were.

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NASA's Perseverance rover gets stunning view of big Mars crater from slippery slope (video, photos)

NASA's Perseverance rover took a break from its Mars mountaineering expedition recently to survey its old stomping grounds.

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Norman coin hoard becomes England’s most valuable treasure – it could have been worth a lot more

There is clearly giddy excitement in the shaky footage showing hands scrabbling in the soil in the Chew Valley in south-west England. A close-up shot captures someone pulling silver coin after silver coin from the churned earth as a woman laughs “there’s pennies everywhere.” The video accompanied news reports in…

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Plans to cool the Earth by blocking sunlight are gaining momentum but critical voices risk being excluded

Solar geoengineering research is advancing fast, after a recent flurry of funding announcements. Yet these technologies are still speculative and have many critics, and we worry their concerns won’t be heard. If geoengineering is essentially allowed to self-regulate, with no effective global governance, future research could easily take us down…

The Conversation

NASA chief says reported calls between Elon Musk, Vladimir Putin would be ‘concerning’

SpaceX previously told The Independent claims of conversations between the billionaire and Russian presidents were ‘unsubstantiated’ and ‘misleading’

The Independent UK

Earth Plants Can Grow On These Alien Worlds, A New Simulation Study Suggests

Astrobiologists planted garden cress seeds and cultured dishes of photosynthetic bacteria under lights designed to simulate the light of a star called a K-dwarf.

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Developers stop oil drilling in Surrey amid legal row after Supreme Court ruling

Lawyers for Friends of the Earth urged Surrey County Council to take immediate enforcement action against the developer of the Horse Hill site.

Evening Standard

Bizarre species found preserved in fool’s gold reveals the secrets of scorpions

There are more species of arthropod than any other group of animals on Earth – we know now more about their history

The Independent UK

Watch China launch Shenzhou-19 astronauts to Tiangong space station today (video)

The crew were revealed less than a day ahead of launch.

Space

Ranked! The 10 biggest Ballon d'Or robberies EVER

The Ballon d'Or's history is steeped in controversy over stars who were overlooked when it was clear that they deserved their moment of glory

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Distorted galaxy whizzes through crowded cluster in new Hubble Telescope image

A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope captures the galaxy IC 3225 with a comet-like tail of gas streaming from its central disk as it moves through the Virgo Cluster.

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How language barriers influence global climate literacy

Our planet is getting hotter at an alarming rate. Climate change is one of the most serious global issues today. Its consequences affect every single human being on Earth. So it seems perfectly logical that scientific publications about global warming are written in the global language: English.

The Conversation

The supernatural beliefs of medieval people – from elves and fairies to abductions and the undead

Medieval people have a reputation for being superstitious – and many of the supernatural phenomena found in the pages of medieval chronicles, miracle stories and romances are still alive in modern culture. Think ghosts, werewolves, demons, vampires, fairies and witches. But while (almost all) people today regard these beings as…

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The Independent UK

Nick Kyrgios claims that ‘not human’ alien life built Egyptian pyramids

The Australian tennis star appeared on The Louis Theroux Podcast and discussed a number of classic conspiracy theories

LiveScience

Earth from space: Massive blue 'melt pond' in Arctic glacier is an eerie sign of things to come

A 2014 photo shows a massive, iceberg-littered pool of vibrant blue meltwater sitting alone on top of a glacier in Alaska. Similar "melt ponds" are becoming increasingly common in the Arctic due to climate change and are further accelerating the rate of ice loss across the region.

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Sex swings, dance poles and mirrored ceilings: ‘love motels’ provide last-minute rooms for Cop16 delegates

Thousands more people than expected are at the biodiversity summit in Cali, Colombia, and hotels are full – leading the city’s council to press less orthodox accommodation into service

International Business Times

China's Only Woman Spaceflight Engineer In Crew For 'Dream' Mission

China's only woman spaceflight engineer will be among a crew of three astronauts blasting off on a "dream" mission to the Tiangong space station this week, Beijing announced Tuesday.

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SpaceX launches 20 Starlink internet satellites from California on Oct. 30 (video)

SpaceX plans to launch another batch of its Starlink internet satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell capability, from California Wednedday morning (Oct. 30).

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Is climate change fueling volcanoes?

Climate skeptics blame volcanic eruptions for rising temperatures. Iceland researchers say it's just the opposite

The Independent UK

Nasa spots shocking ‘green spots’ on Mars

Perseverance rover found surprising marks after examining a part of the Martian surface

Space

Boeing considers selling its space business, including Starliner: report

Boeing may sell its space business in the wake of troubles with its Starliner spacecraft program, according to a new report. But the discussions are at 'an early stage.'

The Independent UK

Scientists thought a warming Earth led to the age of the dinosaurs. That might be wrong

The extinction event wiped out three-quarters of all life on Earth more than 200 million years ago

The Conversation

Commercial whaling and climate change are inhibiting evolutionary change in Arctic whales

Bowhead whales are the longest-lived mammals on Earth with some able to live hundreds of years. What’s more, Inuit hunters have observed these whales breaking ice over half a metre thick – ice strong enough to support a fully-loaded semi truck.

Inverse

New Solar Telescope Debuts Dramatic Footage of the Sun Unleashing A Huge Spray of Charged Particles

This new tool gives scientists a glimpse of the high-octane activity in the Sun’s outermost layer, the corona.

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