Seen here in the pre-dawn skies over the California desert, Comet NEOWISE is about to become a … [+] instead, the post-sunset object, making it the most spectacular comet in Earth’s skies in 13 years. Dbot3000 / Wikimedia Commons Occasionally, large icy objects pass through the inner Solar System. C …
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The World Health Organization has reported another record of the increase in the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in a 24-hour period, by more than 230,000. The previous world record was on Friday, with more than 228,000 new cases worldwide. According to the Johns Hopkins University tracker, which is based …
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The Norman conquest led to far-reaching and long-lasting political change in England, and new research suggests that it also led the English to eat more pork and chicken. Before 1066, beef, lamb, mutton, and goat were among the meats most likely to be served in England, but a study of …
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SSomething magical appeared at night over London and other parts of Great Britain on June 21: ripples of electric blue clouds gleamed in the twilight sky after sunset. These were noctilucent clouds, the highest clouds in the world, more than 80 km (50 miles) at the edge of space, and …
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NEW YORK (AP) – One county in Utah repressed an increase in pandemic virus infections in the spring, and another experienced an increase in its rate. Both trends appeared in its wastewater. Yes, sewer. In the US and Europe, researchers and health officials say they can follow the course of …
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