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Channel: US US 6 days ago By Jessica Kwong

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Meteor storm crashes through roof of family home after fireball spotted in sky

Channel: US US June 27, 2025 By Jessica Kwong
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - 2022/08/09: A fire risk sign is seen in a dry Richmond Park as heatwaves and drought conditions caused by climate change continue across the UK. (Photo by Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

UK now 20 times more likely to see a 40°C summer

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Mysterious radio pulses coming from below the Antarctic ice The unusual radio pulses were detected by the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) experiment, a range of instruments flown on balloons high above Antarctica that are designed to detect radio waves from cosmic rays hitting the atmosphere. Credit: Stephanie Wissel / Penn State.

Mysterious radio pulses coming from below the Antarctic ice

Channel: Tech Tech June 16, 2025 By Ryan Prosser
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Lost world discovered beneath ice in Antarctica after 34,000,000 years

Channel: World World June 13, 2025 By Sara Odeen-Isbister
An Asian Needle Ant (Brachyponera chinensis) worker moves a pupa from a disturbed nest.

Killer Asian needle ants are invading the US

Channel: US US June 11, 2025 By Jessica Kwong
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Darvaza gas crater, Turkmenistan

The 'Gate to Hell' has been open for 50 years but is finally burning out

Channel: Tech Tech June 9, 2025 By Hiyah Zaidi
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Scientists have a new way to find aliens - and they could be closer than we think

Channel: Tech Tech June 4, 2025 By Josh Milton
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Map shows where northern lights will be visible tonight in the US

Channel: US US June 2, 2025 By Jessica Kwong
Tyrannosaurus rex dinosaur visual of what it would have looked like in nature.

70,000,000-year-old dinosaur could unlock key cancer discoveries

Channel: Tech Tech June 1, 2025 By Ryan Prosser

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Channel: US US May 30, 2025 By Jessica Kwong
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