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In Frigid Texas, Will the Power Grid Be Able to Keep the Heat On?
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The Billionaires Spending a Fortune to Lure Scientists Away From Universities
Arena BioWorks is promising big paydays to nearly 100 researchers from Harvard, M.I.T. and other prestigious institutions.
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'Ferocious' winter storm tearing across the US, heading for the East Coast: Updates
Tornado watch extends from Louisiana to Florida
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Major Snowstorm Hits the Northeast
Parts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey were expected to get as much as two inches of snow per hour, forecasters said. Officials cautioned against unnecessary travel through Sunday.
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First it’s a Northeastern winter storm this weekend. Then it’s a Midwest blizzard that could also feature flooding and high winds on the East Coast.
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US braces for snow and heavy rain as major storm predicted for weekend
New England could see snow while heavy rainfall along the Gulf coast and snowfall and rain in the Rockies are predicted
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World agrees to climate deal that makes unprecedented call to move away from fossil fuels, but ‘cavernous’ loopholes remain
The COP28 climate summit on Wednesday approved a deal that would, for the first time, push nations to "transition" from fossil fuels to avert the worst effects of climate change.
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First-ever CRISPR drug, made by two Boston companies, is approved in the US
The medicines, called Casgevy and Lyfgenia, are potential cures for people with sickle cell, a debilitating and life-shortening inherited red blood cell disorder that disproportionately affects African Americans.
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Climate finance takes spotlight at COP28
Money pledges were in the spotlight at COP28 in Dubai on Monday as delegates turned their focus to the yawning gap in how much climate finance is needed and what's on tap, particularly for developing countries that need funds each year just to adapt to the warming world.
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What sea level rise will look like in cities that have hosted climate summits
The world’s current trajectory of up to 2.9 degrees could be unlivable for coastal communities, low-lying countries and small island states around the world.
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Is Greta right? Is COP just ‘blah blah blah’?
Climate summit in an oil state: can COP28 change anything
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Will there be a white Christmas in 2023? Forecasters have some predictions.
An El Niño winter is coming.What does that mean for snow this year?
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Winter weather, including snow and freezing temperatures, already blanketing much of US
Winter is coming early for several regions across the country.
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What Happened to San Francisco, Really?
It depends on which tech bro, city official, billionaire investor, grassroots activist, or Michelin-starred restaurateur you ask
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Narges Mohammadi, Jailed Iranian Activist, Is 2023 Laureate
The activist, who is serving a 10-year sentence in Tehran, was honored “for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran.”
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Nobel Prize in medicine awarded to Katalin Kariko, Drew Weissman for Covid 19 vaccine research
Katalin Kariko of Hungary and Drew Weissman of the United States won the Nobel Medicine Prize on Monday for work on messenger RNA (mRNA) technology that paved the way for Covid-19 vaccines.
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New York City, Long Island under state of emergency due to torrential rainfall
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Up to 2,000 feared drowned after Libyan city hit by ‘catastrophic’ storm floods
Local leaders in eastern city of Derna say thousands missing after two ageing dams collapse overnight
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