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Whether battling sophisticated civilisations, avoiding anal probes or shooting up monsters in Grimsby, here are the best games where you, and only you, can save the planet

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Mongolian PM sees South Korea as customer and gateway for rare metals trade

Mongolia sees South Korea's high-tech industry and busy ports as an ideal customer as well as gateway to the wider world for copper and rare earth materials, Mongolian Prime Minister Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene told Reuters on Friday.

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Mapping Iran's biodiversity hotspots to create new protected areas covering 20% of the landscape

Iran’s ancient forests, rugged mountains, vast deserts and captivating coasts are rich in biodiversity, including animals found nowhere else on Earth. But many of these precious areas are not formally protected from development, potentially endangering the species that live there.

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I bonded with COVID vaccine sceptics over saunas and Mother Earth rituals – this is what they taught me

I was standing in a forest at night, by a dark lake taking part in a Mother Earth ritual. Shaman drums echoed between the cliffs. The witch leading the ritual suddenly encouraged us to sound like wild animals. The other women seemed to greet this as something predictable and expected.…

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Aurora Australis spotted off coast

'It's an amazing natural phenomenon'

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Uranus mission won't happen till 2040s

An unmanned mission to the mysterious ice giant is at least 20 years away. Scientists say it's worth the wait

Salon

75 Years Ago, an Astronomer Found the Weirdest Moon in the Solar System

The high cliffs of Miranda barely scratch the surface of why Uranus' moon is so unique.

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Balloons, ‘objects’ – what’s in the sky above the US?

US airspace is increasingly crowded, not all regulated, and with so much up there, it’s not easy to track it all.

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Huge Texas meteorite caught on camera leaves locals shaken by 'loud explosion'

Authorities received multiple calls from worried residents when the meteorite caused a massive noise and vibration in Mission, southern Texas, US, on Wednesday evening

Daily Mirror

Four ways that fossils are part of everyday life

South Africa boasts some of the best fossil records on Earth. Fossils are found in strata and rocks in many parts of the country. Some are billions of years old.

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Turkey's historic city of Antakya, known in Roman and medieval times as Antioch, has been flattened by powerful earthquakes in the past – and rebuilt itself

Tens of thousands have died and millions have become homeless in southern Turkey and northern Syria after the massive 7.8 earthquake that struck on Feb. 6, 2023. But the ancient Turkish city of Antakya, known in Roman and medieval times as Antioch, has been here before.

The Conversation

Why aliens wouldn't spy with balloons

Astronomers weigh in on the latest balloon conspiracy theory

Salon

LIV Golf’s honeymoon period may be hurtling towards a tangled conclusion

If Brooks Koepka, a four-time major winner, is not pondering what on earth he is doing on the LIV Tour, he should be

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Queensland police say the Wieambilla shooting is a terrorist attack motivated by premillennialism. Here's what that means

Premillennialism is the belief that after a period of extreme suffering, Jesus Christ will physically return to Earth for 1,000 years. A far-right and religious extremism expert says the ideology is experiencing "renewed momentum".

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Turkey quake revives debate over nuclear plant being built

A devastating earthquake that toppled buildings across parts of Turkey and neighboring Syria has revived a longstanding debate locally and in neighboring Cyprus about a large nuclear power station being built on Turkey’s southern Mediterranean coastline

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Buildings tumbling, survivors living in tents: medieval descriptions of an 1114 CE earthquake in present-day Turkey and Syria feel eerily familiar

The catastrophic earthquakes of February 6 2023 in Turkey and Syria are so far known to have claimed the lives of over 41,000 people. This number will likely grow as rescue and recovery efforts continue.

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Balloon shoot-down has U.S. on alert. Weather forecasters know how to steer clear

The U.S. military started tracking more airborne objects it calls "low speed clutter" after shooting down the Chinese balloon. The National Weather Service says it launches about 184 balloons a day.

WEKU

Airborne 'low speed clutter' not National Weather Service's fault

The U.S. military started tracking more airborne objects it calls "low speed clutter" after shooting down a Chinese balloon. Weather forecasters know how to stay out of the way.

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Was Earth already heating up, or did global warming reverse a long-term cooling trend?

Over the past century, the Earth’s average temperature has swiftly increased by about 1 degree Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit). The evidence is hard to dispute. It comes from thermometers and other sensors around the world.

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Seismologists can't predict an impending earthquake, but longer term forecasts and brief warnings after one starts are possible

Almost like aftershocks, questions about earthquake prediction tend to follow disasters like the Feb. 6, 2023, Turkey-Syria quake. Could advance notice have prevented some of the devastation? Unfortunately, useful predictions are still in the realm of science fiction.

Evening Standard

What was the Chelyabinsk meteor? 10-year anniversary of shooting star

February 15 marks the anniversary of the Chelyabinsk meteor, which had 30 times the force of the Hiroshima atomic bomb.

Los Angeles Times

An asteroid will just miss us in 2029. Scientists are making the most of a rare opportunity

To be clear: The asteroid is not going to hit us.

The Conversation

Insects are vanishing worldwide – now it's making it harder to grow food

Over the past 20 years a steady trickle of scientific papers has reported that there are fewer insects than there used to be. Both the combined weight (what scientists call biomass) and diversity of insect species have declined. Some studies were based on sightings by amateur entomologists, while others involved…

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Turkey-Syria earthquake: the scandal of not being prepared

The magnitude-7.8 earthquake near Gaziantep that struck southeastern Turkey and neighbouring Syria on February 6, and the large aftershocks that followed, destroyed thousands of buildings and claimed tens of thousands of lives.

Inverse

These Ancient Pseudo-Diamonds Contain Secrets About the Origin of Life

Despite decades of research, no one knows just how life began on ancient Earth.

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