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James Webb Space Telescope detects quartz crystals in an exoplanet’s atmosphere

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On this day in 1964 China conducted its first test of a nuclear bomb

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The family who left America to live in their ancestral Italian cave

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The First Black American to Reach the North Pole

A Ukrainian Tanker Needed Help With a Captured T-72. So He Called Russian Tech Support.

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China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Kenya and a railway to nowhere

The Army Finally Fielded Its Drone-Killing Laser Weapon. It Could Reshape Today’s Battlefield

The Lincolnshire village honoured in every Disney film since 2006

Scientists explain unique formation of ancient algae that evolved photosynthesis and oxygenated the planet

Ramjet-powered artillery shell sets new range record

In History: How Tommie Smith and John Carlos’s protest at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics shook the world

Google’s New Phone Adds Smiles to Your Photos Even If Everyone Was Miserable

3 powerful earthquakes strike Afghanistan in one week – here’s how people around the world prepare for disasters

Why Uncontacted Tribes Want to Stay Uncontacted

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