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Murderous mice attack and kill nesting albatrosses on Midway Atoll − scientists struggle to stop...
The Conversation via Yahoo News UK· 9 hours agoOn a small, remote island in the Pacific Ocean, an unlikely predator feasts on the world’s largest...
US Reopens Historic WWII Airstrip Amid Rising Pacific Tensions
The Observers via Yahoo News UK· 10 hours agoAfter eight decades of dormancy, the US Marines have restored a historic World War II airstrip on...
US starts to build solar on ex-nuclear sites across the country
Reuters· 10 hours agoLast month, two developers entered into exclusive lease negotiations with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to build 400 MW of solar capacity at the 890-square-mile Idaho National Laboratory ...
With its latest Moon mission success, China’s space programme has the US in its sights
The Conversation via Yahoo News UK· 11 hours agoBy the time this happens, the International Space Station, orbiting at the same altitude, will be...
Trump a ‘wild card’ on China as allies push for tougher policy
The Hill via Yahoo News UK· 13 hours agoFormer President Trump and his top foreign policy advisers are putting Chinese President Xi Jinping...
China's yuan, central bank performing well under stress, but US Fed rates adding to pressures
South China Morning Post via Yahoo Finance UK· 14 hours agoProlonged high interest rates in the United States could introduce uncertainty to the monetary policy outlook of emerging economies, the world's "bank for central banks" said, pointing to rising ...
How the US Navy's ice cream ships boosted morale aboard warships during World War II
Business Insider· 14 hours agoThe US Navy banned alcohol consumption on naval vessels, bases and shipyards in 1914. As the US...
How the US Navy's ice cream ships boosted morale aboard warships during World War II
Business Insider via Yahoo News UK· 14 hours agoBuilt out of concrete due to a steel shortage, the 265-foot-long vessels cost more than $1 million...
Fight Over Seabed Agency Leadership Turns Nasty
New York Times· 14 hours agoRather, they are efforts in the seemingly genteel parlors of a United Nations-affiliated agency, meant to sway decisions related to the start of seabed...
A Masterpiece of Fiction Inspires the Urge to Submerge in a Gallery Crawl
New York Times· 14 hours agoIn New York’s art show of the summer, paint and prose meet in “The Swimmer,” a psychoanalysis of John Cheever’s suburban nightmare of 1964. Euphoria opens “The Swimmer,” the John Cheever story ...