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Scientists have developed a powerful new way to trace the journey of water across the planet by reading tiny atomic clues hidden inside it. Slightly heavier versions of hydrogen and oxygen, called isotopes, shift in predictable ways as water evaporates and moves through the atmosphere. By combining eight advanced climateContinue Reading

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Become a Big Think member to unlock expert classes, premium print issues, exclusive events and more: https://bigthink.com/membership/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=yt_desc Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, Sean Carroll explains the biggest ideas in the universe | Full Interview ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TBNJyztai0 Jill Tarter has spent a lifetime working on aContinue Reading

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Lebanese authorities say Israeli forces bombed a vehicle near the border, killing at least four people., DEVELOPING STORY, Lebanese authorities say Israeli forces bombed a vehicle near the border, killing at least four people. Israeli forces have bombed a vehicle near Lebanon’s border with Syria, killing at least four people,Continue Reading

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German Galushchenko was detained by Ukraine’s anti-corruption bureau while trying to leave the country., German Galushchenko was detained by Ukraine’s anti-corruption bureau while trying to leave the country. Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) says it has arrested the country’s former energy minister, German Galushchenko, who resigned in November amid aContinue Reading

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Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (Resolute Raccoon) is changing how hardware support updates are handled, splitting its single linux-firmware package into 17 vendor-specific sub-packages. The new approach aims to reduce the size of routine firmware updates for most users. Currently, firmware files are contained in a single package, which has grown toContinue Reading

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If there was one thing Cameron Halliday SM ’19, MBA ’22, PhD ’22 was exceptional at during the early days of his PhD at MIT, it was producing the same graph over and over again. Unfortunately for Halliday, the graph measured various materials’ ability to absorb CO2 at high temperaturesContinue Reading

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Substantial funding cuts and veto politics within the UN have led to a deep crisis for the world’s largest international intergovernmental body. But the UN is still irreplaceable, says María Fernanda Espinosa, one of the potential candidates for UN Secretary-General, who could become the first woman at the helm of the organization. TheContinue Reading

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called a report by European allies blaming Russia for killing late Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny using toxin from poison dart frogs ‘troubling,’ but said the US does not dispute. #News #Reuters #Newsfeed #rubio #navalny Read the story here: https://reut.rs/4rl7nTi 👉 Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/reuterssubscribe Keep upContinue Reading