Probably the most well-known result of the Earth’s magnetic field is the Aurora Boralis and Austral Australia (Northern and Southern Lights). When charged particles from the solar wind run into the Earth’s magnetic field, they can occasionally emit spectacular light displays. For many years, scientists have thought that the charged …
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It was another time. By the end of the Cretaceous, North America was beaten in two by a giant inland sea. Dinosaurs, near the end of their reign, still abound in this hot, wet place. But they had to watch their step, especially through the edge of the water. In …
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That was a great performance for America’s tech giants. Google parent Alphabet GOOG, + 0.62% It beat earnings and revenue expectations, though the search giant’s annual revenue fell. What the four benefit from is that their products and services can be used from home, and increasingly in the absence of …
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The numbers: A coronavirus battered economy slowed to a record 32.9% per year in the second quarter, underscoring how big the hole the United States is in to recover from the deepest recession in US history. The wave of damage caused by the first global pandemic in a century was …
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Shell Oil Refinery at Pulau Bukom off Singapore on July 16, 2020. Roslan Rahman / Agence France-Presse / Getty Images European stocks traded lower on Thursday on the busiest day of the second-quarter earnings season, with growing concerns about a slow economic recovery and a possible second wave of the …
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