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Hitchhiking in Earth's orbit, asteroid may be with us for 4,000 years 02 Feb 2022 - 03:31 pm
An undated illustration shows the asteroid called 2020 XL5, an asteroid companion to Earth that orbits the sun along the same path as our planet, that is about 1.2 kilometers (0.73 miles) in diameter. NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva/Spaceengine/Handout via REUTERS
US lightning bolt leaps into record books at 768 km long 01 Feb 2022 - 03:47 pm
Lightning strikes are seen above Villarrica lake, in Villarrica, Chile, December 7, 2021. REUTERS/Cristobal Saavedra Escobar/File Photo
Huge volumes of Covid hospital waste threaten health: WHO 01 Feb 2022 - 10:11 am
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Water-sipping showers are the next luxury buy in a parched world 29 Jan 2022 - 02:25 pm
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Australia pledges $704 million to save Great Barrier Reef 28 Jan 2022 - 06:28 pm
Oliver Lanyon, Senior Ranger in the Great Barrier Reef region for the Queenlsand Parks and Wildlife Service, takes photographs and notes during an inspection of the reef's condition in an area called the 'Coral Gardens' located at Lady Elliot Island and 80 kilometers north-east from the town of Bundaberg in Queensland, Australia, June 11, 2015. REUTERS/David Gray/File Photo
Who owns Scotland? The millionaires buying up the Highlands 27 Jan 2022 - 12:19 pm
American property developers and conservationists Camille and Christopher Bently pose for a portrait on a staircase at their Kildrummy Estate, Scotland, Britain, September 7, 2021. Reuters/Russell Cheyne
Baby whale genetic testing may help save species, study says 26 Jan 2022 - 04:16 pm
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Bigger spend needed for net-zero world than assumed: McKinsey 25 Jan 2022 - 01:09 pm
The logo of consulting firm McKinsey and Company is seen at the high profile startups and high tech leaders gathering, Viva Tech,in Paris, France May 16, 2019. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo
NASA's new space telescope nears destination in solar orbit 24 Jan 2022 - 03:38 pm
The James Webb Space Telescope Mirror is seen during a media unveiling at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center at Greenbelt, Maryland November 2, 2016. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
Global energy transition to cause short-term economic pain -report 20 Jan 2022 - 02:26 pm
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Greece to ban development in mountain areas to protect habitats 18 Jan 2022 - 08:36 pm
A storm approaches the snow covered mountain range of Panachaiko, near Kalavryta, some 200 km (124 miles) south-west of Athens in Peloponnese district February 29, 2012. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis
Big brands call for global pact to cut plastic production 17 Jan 2022 - 11:29 am
General view of plastic trash littering the polluted Potpecko Lake near a dam's hydroelectric plant near the town of Priboj, Serbia, January 29, 2021. REUTERS/Marko Djurica/File Photo
Australia records highest temperature in 62 years 14 Jan 2022 - 08:24 pm
A general view of dried-up river beds and hills in the Pilbara region of Western Australia December 2, 2013. REUTERS/David Gray/File Photo
Anemia in astronauts could be a challenge for space missions 14 Jan 2022 - 07:56 pm
David Saint-Jacques has his blood drawn aboard the International Space Station in this undated handout photo obtained by Reuters on January 14, 2022. NASA/Handout via REUTERS
Second alien moon identified is much like the first: big and strange 13 Jan 2022 - 08:07 pm
An artist's rendering shows a moon with a diameter roughly 2.6 times that of Earth orbiting a large gas giant planet in another solar system located about 5,700 light years from our solar system, in an undated handout illustration. Helena Valenzuela Widerstrom/Handout via REUTERS
Last year was the world's sixth-warmest on record: US scientists 13 Jan 2022 - 07:48 pm
Monthly temperature patterns from data compiled by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and NASA illustrate that the last eight years were the eight hottest and the last decade was the warmest since record-keeping began in 1880, in a graphic release January 13, 2022. NOAA/Handout via REUTERS
Twin panda cubs debut at Tokyo zoo, woo devoted fans 12 Jan 2022 - 09:30 am
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Jump in deforestation of world's most biodiverse savanna alarms Brazilian scientists 04 Jan 2022 - 12:05 am
An aerial view shows deforestation near a forest on the border between Amazonia and Cerrado in Nova Xavantina, Mato Grosso state, Brazil July 28, 2021. Picture taken with a drone on July 28, 2021. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli