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I was 13 years old, sitting in the back seat of my parents’ white Chevy Cavalier, convinced I was about to be outed. They wouldn’t tell me where we were driving. My mind was running through every scenario imaginable. The younger, more insecure version of me, carrying something I believedContinue Reading

Colorful ‘painting-like’ ripples cover an ancient seafloor structure the Bahamas — Earth from space

The Great Bahama Bank consists of a series of seagrass-covered sandbanks carved into picturesque “folds” by millennia of ocean currents. (Image credit: NASA/Landsat) QUICK FACTS Where is it? Great Bahama Bank, Bahamas [23.547188707, -76.46352937] What’s in the photo? Submerged sandbanks and seagrass beds in shallow water Which satellite took the photo? Landsat 8 When wasContinue Reading

The World Cup From 250 Miles Up

Image of the Day for July 7, 2026 Over the years, astronauts aboard the International Space Station have photographed several of the cities hosting the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Jul 07, 2026 View more Images of the Day: In summer 2026, sixteen stadiums across North America hosted matches as part of the FIFA World Cup.Continue Reading

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Many South Africans are hoping to secure the jobs left vacant by the departure of foreigners, NewsFeed After thousands of foreigners were driven out of South Africa due to a wave of anti-immigrant protests and xenophobic violence, Al Jazeera’s Haru Mutasa reports from Durban, where many South Africans are hopingContinue Reading

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When Rebecca Lindsey was fired from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration last February, the first thing she did was stew. Then she worried about what was going to happen to the website she and her team had built over the last decade and a half. Lindsey had long beenContinue Reading

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This story was originally published by ProPublica and High Country News. The federal government is rewriting its rules governing ranching on public lands to increase the number of cattle, sheep and other livestock grazing on 155 million acres in the West, an area twice the size of New Mexico. PublicContinue Reading