Former Syrian President Assad sentenced to death in absentia
A Syrian court sentenced Assad along with his brother to death in absentia for crimes against humanity and war crimes du...
Who are the secret gardeners of a parasitic plant?
In the coastal forests of a tropical Japanese island near Okinawa grows an inconspicuous plant that is easy to mistake f...
Ancient Colombians built huge water system without centralized rule, archaeologists say
Communities living in Colombia thousands of years ago achieved an engineering wonder of the world based on cooperation a...
Japan's space agency conducts first test flight for experimental reusabl...
With international law at a 'breaking point', a tiny country goes after...
US attacks Iranian mine-laying vessels near Hormuz on Day 12 of war
Trapped gases in ancient rocks challenge global explanation for 2-billio...
Twisted laser light distinguishes mirror-image molecules by their fragme...
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Turkey's parliament approves a pardon-like bill for thousands of PKK militants
Turkey's parliament approved legislation that would introduce a conditional pardon for thousands...
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Trump pivots back to sanctions for Iran as other strategies to end his war fizzle
The shift comes as U.S. stockpiles of key weapons have dwindled and as stop-start talks seem aga...
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Magnitude 7.4 quake rocks western Colombia, killing at least 111 people
Search teams and civilians picked through the remains of destroyed buildings in the country's th...
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Ancient Maltese seafarers likely navigated by the stars
Malta might be the last place one would expect a convergence of archeoastronomy and early cosmol...
Business Selling experiences, not things: Services overtake physical goods in downtown retail
America's downtowns are changing. Storefronts that used to showcase clothes or gifts are giving way to gyms and salons. Last year marked the first time that mor...
Employers unexpectedly cut 23,000 jobs in a sign of a wilting labor market
Kalshi and Polymarket bets on clinical trials criticized as 'ghastly'
Amid cost of living stress, many parents are supporting children well into a...
This lawyer believes in second chances. Now AI is providing a boost
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Microplastics may transport hazardous plastic additives through marine environments
Plastic pollution is not only a marine litter issue; it is also closely linked to resource circu...
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Scientific advancement has never been more prolific—so why has trust in science plum...
From genome editing to quantum computing, scientific progress is accelerating at an unprecedente...
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Machine learning predicts forest soil fungal diversity from drone images
Combining drone data and machine learning can help cover more ground in monitoring forest soil h...
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Common-ground curriculum boosts tolerance and civic engagement in pilot study
Social cohesion is the glue that holds society together. Now, those bonds are breaking, and pola...