Category: World
Trilobites: 3 Newborn Endangered Right Whales Seen After Year With No Births
- NY TIMES
- Jan 22, 2019 - 06:26 PM
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The sighting this winter of newborn whales off the coasts of Florida and Georgia is being greeted with mild optimism, as the North Atlantic population has dwindled.
Read MoreNTAs 2019: Ant and Dec emotional after best presenter win
- BBC
- Jan 22, 2019 - 05:50 PM
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Despite Ant being absent from screens for most of 2018, he still claimed victory alongside Dec.
Read MoreNTAs 2019: Ant and Dec emotional after best presenter win
- BBC
- Jan 22, 2019 - 05:50 PM
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Despite Ant being absent from screens for most of 2018, he still claimed victory alongside Dec.
Read MoreFyre Festival’s Organizers Didn’t Pay a Restaurant Owner, So GoFundMe Donors Stepped In
- NY TIMES
- Jan 22, 2019 - 04:21 PM
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With two documentaries bringing new attention to the 2017 music festival disaster, people raised more than $167,000 for a Bahamian restaurant owner who was exploited.
Read MoreBrazil’s Bolsonaro is the Face of Populism at the Davos Forum
- NY TIMES
- Jan 22, 2019 - 03:40 PM
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President Jair Bolsonaro set the tone for a Davos gathering with many U.S. and European leaders absent this year, dealing with crises back home.
Read MoreBlack Panther to A Star Is Born - the Oscars snubs and surprises
- BBC
- Jan 22, 2019 - 01:20 PM
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Who are the real winners and losers in this year’s Academy Award nominations?
Read MoreTrilobites: Where Sloths Find These Branches, Their Family Trees Expand
- NY TIMES
- Jan 22, 2019 - 01:16 PM
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A study showed that when some animals find a crucial resource, they can survive in changing environments and even thrive.
Read MoreOscars 2019: The Favourite and Roma lead nominations
- BBC
- Jan 22, 2019 - 09:48 AM
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They are followed by A Star Is Born, Vice and Black Panther.
Read MoreFrugal Traveler: On the Road to Uruguay’s Barely Known and Beautiful Beaches
- NY TIMES
- Jan 22, 2019 - 05:00 AM
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This progressive country has long been off the radar for North Americans. But it has some of the best beaches in South America and discounts for foreign travelers.
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Greenland ice melt reaches ‘tipping point’
- CNN
- Jan 22, 2019 - 12:00 AM
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Climate change is causing Greenland’s massive ice sheets to melt much faster than previously thought, a new study has found, and it may be “too late” to do anything about it.
Read MoreDeadly Mexico Pipeline Disaster Poses Major Test for New President
- NY TIMES
- Jan 21, 2019 - 07:12 PM
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President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s response to a blast that killed dozens, many stealing fuel, has exposed a central tension between two of his policy vows: fighting crime and lifting the poor.
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Chinese authorities say world’s first gene-edited babies were illegal
- CNN
- Jan 21, 2019 - 04:00 PM
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Authorities in China say experiments which led to the birth of the world’s first gene-edited babies broke the country’s laws, state-run Xinhua news reported Monday.
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