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WARSAW – Poland’s biggest-ever World War Two bomb exploded underwater on Tuesday as naval divers tried to thwart it. More than 750 people were evacuated from the area near the Pist Canal outside the town of Swinojsi when a tailboy bomb used by Britain’s Royal Air Force (RAF) was found. …

Impressions are gained in a fluid, global, diffused way. ESO / M. Cornmeaser It’s an amazing phenomenon that sounds like science fiction, but it’s just plain science. Astronomers say they were able to capture the star in unprecedented detail in the process of being eaten by a black hole by …

In some parts of the world, solar power has historically been the cheapest source of electricity due to policies that promote renewable energy growth. That’s according to a new report released today by the International Energy Agency (IEA). Sunshine is free, but the technology needed to turn it into useful …

Oct. 8 marked a major milestone in what we know about the efficacy of rimadasivir, an experimental antiviral drug that was the first treatment drug approved for emergency use for COVID-19 in the United States. On that day, the results of a large medical trial – double-blind, placebo-controlled and involving …

Judge Amy Connie Barrett referred to most of the days of her confirmation hearing questions as the “Ginsberg rule” and refused to give a position on whether she agreed with past examples. This is an approach popularized by late Justice Ruth Bader Jensberg (although she did actually speak more freely …