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The awards — a parody of the revered Nobel prizes — are handed out to scientific research that makes people laugh and think.

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Video from a Google all-hands meeting is just the latest revelation to stoke accusations of political bias from conservatives.

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Trump echoes far-right websites on Puerto Rico

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Reddit bans Qanon subreddits after months of violent threats

Reddit was key to Qanon's emergence from the fringe corners of the internet and into more mainstream conspiracy and far-right media circles.

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Jupiter's bizarre magnetic field has scientists scratching their heads

"The main puzzle of our study is why Jupiter's field is so simple in one hemisphere and so complicated in the other."

12/09/2018

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iPhones, watches, iPad? What to watch for at Apple's big event

The event comes shortly after Apple became the first publicly traded U.S. company to reach $1 trillion in market value.

12/09/2018

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This killer robot could help save the Great Barrier Reef. Here's how.

RangerBot can identify coral-eating starfish and inject them with deadly poison.

12/09/2018

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Mysterious moon swirls have finally been explained

"This was the final piece in the puzzle of understanding the magnetism that underlies these lunar swirls."

11/09/2018

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What boycott? Nike sales are up 31 percent

A recent poll found a 10 percent increase in the number of Nike customers versus the general public who say a company should take a stand on social issues.

11/09/2018

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Hurricane Florence raises questions about link between climate change, severe storms

Storm expert David Nolan explains what we know and what we're still trying to figure out.

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Tiny magnets could save 500 year-old ship

Scientists hope nanotechnology can help preserve the Mary Rose for generations to come.

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How technology is helping protect Europe's heritage sites from climate change

The 14th century Palazzo dei Consoli is one of Gubbio's most iconic buildings. But the cracks appearing in its stone walls are raising concern that the ground under the palazzo may be shifting. Are we at risk of losing our historic heritage to climate change?

10/09/2018

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Space man inspired by 'The Right Stuff' gets set for second act he never expected

Retired NASA astronaut Chris Ferguson will return to space on the first crewed flight of Boeing's new commercial space capsule.

10/09/2018

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In rare event, Atlantic, Pacific churn with storms at same time

Storms in the northeast Pacific have generated the most 'accumulated cyclone energy' on record for the season thus far.

10/09/2018

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Daily air quality forecasts could save millions of lives, say scientis

Vincent-Henri Peuch, the head of the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, said the idea was to make information on air pollution levels “as daily, as mundane as a weather forecast”.

08/09/2018

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Climate change could affect human evolution. Here's how.

Global warming will likely alter the internal workings of our bodies — and cause a noticeable shift in our appearance.

07/09/2018

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Twitter 'permanently' bans conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and website InfoWars

"We took this action based on new reports of Tweets and videos posted yesterday that violate our abusive behavior policy, in addition to the accounts' past violations," the social media company said.

06/09/2018

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Weird hexagon on Saturn is way bigger than scientists thought

The sharp-cornered structure extends a staggering 180 miles above the ringed planet's cloud tops.

05/09/2018

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Amazon hits $1 trillion in market value a month after Apple

The ecommerce giant has emerged as one of the most dominant companies of the modern era, and other companies are perpetually worried about competing with it.

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