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The recurring nova T Coronae Borealis will shine as brightly as the North Star some time in the next five months, astronomers say. Sometime…

More than two months after her commercial fishing pier on Mount Desert Island took a serious beating in back-to-back storms, Sheryl Harper has only just begun planning a way forward. High winds and storm surge swamped the…

In a ruling that could forever change New Jersey’s political landscape, a federal judge on Friday issued an injunction against the state’s one-of-a-kind but long-debated primary ballot design — a century-old system known as the “county…

The Luna structure, a 1.8-kilometre-wide depression in north-west India, may have been caused by the largest meteorite to strike Earth in the past 50,000 years

Chen Xuyuan’s sentencing concludes a wide-ranging anticorruption probe involving top football officials in China.The former chief of China’s national football association Chen Xuyuan has been sentenced to life in prison for accepting…

A HUGE earthquake has hit off the coast of Scotland. The quake measured 3.2 in magnitude, according to the British Geological Survey (BGS).1The earthquake was registered 108 miles east of the Shetland capital of LerwickCredit: PAThe…

The Tasmanian state election is this Saturday. The 35 total lower house seats will be elected in five seven-member electorates using the proportional Hare Clark system, up from 25 total seats at previous elections. A quota for…

This month, the Fair Work Commission handed Australia’s aged care workforce an historic pay rise, with some groups’ wages set to increase by more than 28%. The news was a welcome relief for much of the female-dominated workforce,…

Sanhe, China —  A huge, suspected gas explosion killed one person and injured 22 more in northern China's Hebei province on Wednesday, state media reported, with social media videos showing severe damage to buildings. The blast took…

Agadagidi, a wine made from plantain, is a popular drink at festive occasions in Nigeria. But it’s not always of a high quality. It is usually produced in the southern part of the country in limited quantities because it is…

Nelson Mandela was a famous advocate for the value of education. In 1990, the man who would become South Africa’s first democratically president four years later told a high school in Boston: “Education is the most powerful weapon…

Popular and academic literature is replete with examples of how to cope with daily stresses. Mental health professions have also long researched and implemented strategies to deal with burnout from workplace stressors. Coping with…

The 20th Delaware River Sojourn was held from Sunday, June 22 through Saturday, June 28, 2014. Themed Sharing the Journey for 20 Years, the 2014 event was a huge success, with a record number of participants, great paddling conditions,…

Artist’s impression of the quasar that astronomers used to search for early galaxiesESO/M. Kornmesser One of the largest quasars in the early universe has helped to reveal a vast “protocluster” of nascent galaxies…

A firefighter battling the Smokehouse Creek Fire, near Amarillo, in the Texas Panhandle. Gusty weekend winds were threatening to worsen a…

An Albanian mine where hydrogen naturally seeps up through the rockF-V. Donzé The largest flow of natural hydrogen gas ever recorded has been measured deep in an Albanian mine. The find could help us work out where…

Shiba inus are among the longest-lived dogsAnmfoto/Getty Images Smaller dogs with long noses, like miniature dachshunds and shiba inus, live the longest, according to an analysis of over 580,000 dogs in the UK.…

Shiba inus are among the longest-lived dogsAnmfoto/Getty Images Smaller dogs with long noses, like miniature dachshunds and shiba inus, live the longest, according to an analysis of over 580,000 dogs in the UK.…

A MASSIVE earthquake has struck parts of Scotland with terrified residents hearing a "loud explosion". The British Geological Survey (BGS) said the large 3.3 magnitude quake rocked the Isle of Mull. 1The quake hit the island yesterday…

The locations of the Storegga slide and Storegga tsunami sediment deposits (red circles) with the run-up heights at each location indicated (produced in QGIS; based on…

1. IntroductionCancer is one of the leading causes of death for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the Northern Territory (hereafter the term ’Aboriginal’ is respectfully used). Like the broader trend in Australia, the gap…

Artist’s impression of a red giant star throwing out a cloud of smoke and dustPublic domain Astronomers have discovered stars that appear to be blowing out plumes of smoke. The “old smokers”, as they have been…

The World Meteorological Organization uses six leading international datasets from across the globe to monitor global temperatures, which reveal a new annual temperature average of 1.45°C set against the pre-industrial era (1850-1900). …

Gigantopithcus blacki probably lived in “a mosaic of forests and grasses”Garcia/Joannes-Boyau (Southern Cross University) The largest known primate went extinct between 295,000 and 215,000 years ago, probably driven…

When the coronavirus pandemic took hold in an unprepared U.S., states scrambled for masks and other protective gear. Three years later, as the grips of the pandemic have loosened, many states are now trying to deal with an excess of…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain A key reason Barack Obama won the 2012 U.S. presidential election was his campaign's use of "big data" to target…