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Russia has deployed 10 Starlink jammers on the front to counter Ukrainian drone strikes. Ukrainian drone commanders and pilots from the 422nd Unmanned Systems Regiment operating in Zaporizhzhia Oblast told Reuters that Russian forces are using powerful electronic warfare systems to disrupt SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet, which most Ukrainian strikeContinue Reading

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Variants of Shigella, which can cause bloody or prolonged diarrhoea, are causing more disease and growing more antibiotic-resistant, a new study from the University of Cambridge has found. Research shows that, between 2015 and 2020, sexually transmitted forms of Shigella rose 15 percent faster annually than variants picked up fromContinue Reading

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This past summer was the hottest ever recorded…again. As monthly heat records fell one by one worldwide, wildfires also became front-page news throughout 2023. From across North America, Greece, Chile, Algeria, and Kazakhstan among many others, wildfires burned uncontrollably. The striking orange New York City skyline was the result ofContinue Reading

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In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, long before vaccines became available, many countries acted to curb the spread of the virus by imposing restrictions on people’s movement called lockdowns. Lockdowns have saved lives by reducing the physical interactions between infected and uninfected people, which in turn reduces transmissionContinue Reading

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1.5 is an important number in climate science. It is the recommended target, in degrees Celsius, to which global warming should be limited relative to preindustrial levels, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the world’s leading authority on climate science[1]. Further, the legally binding Paris Agreement tasksContinue Reading