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How the plant world shapes the climate cycle
In order to understand the Earth's resilience, researchers at ETH Zurich are modeling climate changes from times long past. And they show that plants are not simply victims of circumstances, but have helped to shape climate conditions on Earth. Over the course of hundreds of millions of years, Earth...
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How Far Trump Would Go
Donald Trump thinks he’s identified a crucial mistake of his first term: He was too nice. We’ve been talking for more than an hour on April 12 at his fever-dream palace in Palm Beach. Aides lurk around the perimeter of a gilded dining room overlooking the manicured lawn. When one nudges...
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Elon Musk on collision course with China’s future
What a difference 11,000 kilometers make. Elon Musk may be thinking just that as Tesla shares surge on the power of the billionaire flying to Beijing from Austin, Texas. Sure, Musk claims to have cleared some regulatory hurdles to roll out his driver-assistance system in the globe’s biggest auto...
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What Columbia's pro-Palestinian protesters are saying
After midnight in the early hours of Tuesday morning, pro-Palestinian students at Columbia took over Hamilton Hall after the university's administration issued a new wave of suspensions over an encampment in protest of Israel's war on Gaza. In a press release sent at around 2 am, the student...
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In Europe, they cheer passage of Ukraine aid but worry about possible Trump future
Trudy Rubin BRUSSELS — On April 19, I watched an audience of European and American political officials and strategic experts pay rapt attention as U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy told them Congress would enact a Ukraine aid package that weekend. Minutes later, the attendees at the German Marshall Fund's...
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Australia’s foreign influence curbs an ‘abject failure’
Foreign interference in Australian democracy poses a growing risk to our national sovereignty. It refers to coercive, corrupt or deceptive activities by or on behalf of a foreign actor designed to undermine Australia’s democracy. It can involve foreign actors secretly cultivating and manipulating...
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US is one of world’s least trade-oriented nations
Given the spate of news about international trade lately, Americans might be surprised to learn that the United States isn’t very dependent on it. Indeed, looking at trade as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) – a metric economists sometimes call the “openness index” – the US is one of the...
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NASA Prepares for SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft Relocation on Space Station May 2
will make way for Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft In preparation for the arrival of NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test, four crew members aboard the International Space Station will relocate the SpaceX Dragon crew spacecraft to a different docking port on Thursday, May 2, to make way for Boeing’s...
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Entry Requirements for UAE in 2024: Visa or Permit Needed?
Wondering about the entry requirements for the United Arab Emirates (UAE)? Here's what you need to know to plan your visit according to the UAE governmental 2024 update GCC citizens do not need a visa to enter the UAE. Some of the other nationalities can obtain a visa on arrival while others need to...
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NASA scientists gear up for solar storms at Mars
In the months ahead, two of NASA's Mars spacecraft will have an unprecedented opportunity to study how solar flares—giant explosions on the sun's surface—could affect robots and future astronauts on the Red Planet. That's because the sun is entering a period of peak activity called solar maximum,...
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