Sometimes, Bruce C. Glavovic is so proud to be an environmental scientist, studying coastal planning, and educating future researchers that it brings him to tears. Other times, he wonders if these are enough. Scientists have proven beyond doubt that climate change is making the planet worse. Yet his work has often failed to encourage governments …
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“Because reuniting the Soviet Union was Putin’s biggest dream, you know? Just like Disney wanted to connect all of its franchises. Yeah, is he fighting Mickey Thanos now? It’s weird but profitable.” — TREVOR NOAH “Well, damn it, Putin’s aim was to bring back the glory days of the Soviet Union. Those waiting hours in …
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For 40 years, college football players hoping to be drafted by an NFL team have showcased their speed, strength, and personality in the league’s most important talent assessment: scouting. But recent changes to the event, which kicked off on Tuesday, increased professional days on college campuses and in private practice, and concerns about the inequality …
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Art Briles, former Baylor coach hired last week He resigned four days after being hired as Grambling State University’s offensive coordinator. The news was: Originally reported by ESPN and approved by the school. Baylor fired Briles in 2016 after it was determined that he and other coaches on his team had failed to report sexual …
They found some samples difficult to classify. But the 26 appeared to be grouped in three types, Mr. Paul said: a solid form with two sets of incisors on their lower jaws from the head of Hell Creek, and a later robust and graceful form with only one incisor. Mr. Paul and his colleagues concluded …
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They found some samples difficult to classify. But the 26 appeared to be grouped in three types, Mr. Paul said: a solid form with two sets of incisors on their lower jaws from the head of Hell Creek, and a later robust and graceful form with only one incisor. Mr. Paul and his colleagues concluded …
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WASHINGTON — Just hours before Russian tanks began to enter Ukraine last Wednesday, alarms sounded at Microsoft’s Threat Intelligence Center, warning of a never-before-seen piece of “wipe” malware targeting the country’s ministries and financial institutions. . . Within three hours, Microsoft threw itself into the middle of a land war in Europe – from 5,500 …
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A court in the Democratic Republic of Congo has betrayed the Chinese owner of one of the world’s largest copper and cobalt mines; this is a big victory for the government of Congo, which is trying to become a bigger player in the global clean energy revolution. The decision, which dismissed the mine’s Chinese leadership …
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