China ramps up coal plant approvals despite emissions pledge: report
China last year approved the largest expansion of coal-fired power plants since 2015, according to a study published Monday, despite […]
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Far-reaching UN treaty a must to cut global plastic use: experts
Only a bold and ambitious UN treaty with sweeping reforms of the entire plastic life cycle can stem the world’s
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2-27-1910
Probabilist Joseph Doob born in Cincinnati, Ohio. As the Ph.D. advisor of Paul Halmos, he figures prominently in the Paul
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2-27-1881
Birthdate of L. E. J. Brouwer, the father of intuitionism, a philosophy of mathematics that starts with primordial intuition and
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2-27-1735
Scottish physician and satirist John Arbuthnot died in London, England. He had written the first probability book in English, Of
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Clues about the northeast’s past and future climate from plant fossils
Ancient climates can help us understand the past, but also the future. 23 million years ago, in a time called
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The coexistence of race and anti-racism in Geoffrey Morant’s anti-Nazi anthropology
As the Nazi party rose to power in 1930s Germany, anthropologists in both England and the United States struggled to
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Workers moving products in the US food supply chain at high risk of injury
Workers tasked with moving products in the immense U.S. food system are at a high risk of serious injury, according
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Heavy snow hits parts of southern California
Heavy snow fell in southern California on Friday, as the first blizzard in a generation pounded the hills around Los
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Euclid spacecraft prepares to probe universe’s dark mysteries
For now, Europe’s Euclid spacecraft sits quietly in a sterilized room in the south of France, its golden trim gleaming