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For Pacific island nations, climate change is no distant threat. As seas rise, they’re bringing the real-time consequences of a warming planet directly to world leaders in Tuvalu.
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Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel won the award for discoveries that provide new insights into how we might treat blindness, depression, addiction and dementia.
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Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel won the award for discoveries that provide new insights into how we might treat blindness, depression, addiction and dementia.
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The annual Nobel Prize announcements are beginning in Stockholm, starting with the medicine prize. This year’s prize money is 12 million Swedish kronor (about $1.2 million).
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In six decades of human spaceflight, only hundreds have left Earth, mostly men from the US and Soviet Union/Russia.
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Study of remains taken from royal cemetery at Umm el-Qa’ab appears to confirm early Egyptologist’s theory
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Reinvestigation of mass burial sites around royal tombs finds evidence of fatal blunt force trauma on skulls
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On Monday morning, the sky over Makkah will witness the moon's second alignment directly over the Holy Kaaba in 2026.
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One sweltering day in Tokyo, Kaoru Morimoto told friends she wasn't sure she could endure another summer in her neighborhood, where tree cover and the crucial shade it provides is dwindling. As Japan experiences ever more frequent extreme heat, tree cover that can help lower temperatures is shrinking rather than growing in Tokyo, bucking a trend among many major world capitals. Morimoto wants that to change. Last year she launched a campaign urging officials to set a canopy cover target, a rare grassroots initiative focused on the issue.
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AlUla Manara team, part of the Royal Commission for AlUla, will launch “World Space Week” events tomorrow, running through October 8, with educational and cultural activities on astronomy and space sciences that offer visitors and enthusiasts a range of astronomical experiences. The events will begin with a stargazing evening, and Tuesday will include an event exploring how ancestors used the stars to track changing seasons, SPA reported. Wednesday and Thursday will feature children’s crafts and storytelling activities, along with a family stargazing experience.
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Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt on track for launch
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Moscow faces a huge decommissioning bill at home even as it expands its nuclear industry abroad.
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In 2028, Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt is set to send the MBR Explorer on a 5-billion-kilometre journey to study seven asteroids
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The ringed planet will be at its brightest on October 4, with a special telescope viewing event taking place in Sharjah
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Saudi Arabia turns to in vitro technology to boost food security https://arab.news/rym7r
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Efforts to safeguard mangroves, seagrass and corals are needed, scientists say
