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WHO may declare new, deadlier mpox outbreak an international emergency
A growing outbreak of mpox in Africa may soon prompt the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare a public health ...
Elephants on the move: Mapping connections across African landscapes
Elephant conservation is a major priority in southern Africa, but habitat loss and urbanization mean the far-ranging pachyderms are increasingly ...
‘Dark oxygen’ discovered on the seafloor raises stakes for deep-sea mining negotiations
The discovery of “dark oxygen” in the ocean’s abyss is raising the stakes in negotiations over whether to mine the ...
Mountain Bikers Are Rewilding Land by Paying the Government to Do It
Nonnative species like Sitka spruce and lodgepole pine were often favored, because of their qualities as a timber crop. Trees ...
We finally know where the moon’s atmosphere comes from
It is easy to imagine the moon as an atmosphere-less hunk of rock orbiting Earth. However, while lacking breathable air, ...
New study highlights scale and impact of long COVID
In a new review paper, researchers from the Universities of Arizona, Oxford and Leeds analyzed dozens of previous studies into ...
‘Gem’ of a Proof Breaks 80-Year-Old Record, Offers New Insights Into Prime Numbers
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Sometimes mathematicians try to tackle a problem head on, and ...
Chevron (CVX) earnings Q2 2024
Chevron missed second-quarter earnings expectations, hurt by lower refining margins as the stock is already under pressure from delays to ...
Egyptian mummy may have died ‘screaming from agony,’ researchers say – National
For roughly 3,500 years, the remains of an ancient Egyptian woman have preserved what may have been her final expression ...