With a look back at 2024, NASA is celebrating its many innovative and inspiring accomplishments this year including for the first time, landing new science […]
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Sake-making and other national treasures make latest UNESCO heritage list
The UNESCO committee that protects so called Intangible Cultural Heritage is meeting in Asunción, Republic of Paraguay, until Saturday, to add new entries to the […]
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Rights chief calls on Georgian authorities to protect basic freedoms
The legitimate protests were dispersed using disproportionate and, in some cases, unnecessary force by the police in the capital, Tbilisi, according to the statement from […]
Landmark climate change hearings represent largest ever case before UN world court
The hearings are part of the process towards the court issuing an advisory opinion, which will clarify States’ legal obligations under international law and the […]
Talks begin in South Korea to clinch ‘essential’ deal on plastics pollution
The meeting follows two years of intergovernmental negotiations to develop a legally binding global instrument that covers land and the marine environment – a blink […]
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Preparing for climate chaos in Timor-Leste, one of the world’s most vulnerable nations
In April 2021, catastrophic flash floods ravaged Timor-Leste, claiming the lives of more than 30 people and destroying over 4,000 homes. Among the worst-hit areas […]
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What is BioSentinel? – NASA
Editor’s Note: This article was updated Nov. 20, 2024 shortly after BioSentinel’s mission marked two years of operation in deep space. Astronauts live in a […]
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What is BioSentinel? – NASA
Editor’s Note: This article was updated Nov. 20, 2024 shortly after BioSentinel’s mission marked two years of operation in deep space. Astronauts live in a […]
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NASA Ocean World Explorers Have to Swim Before They Can Fly
In a competition swimming pool, engineers tested prototypes for a futuristic mission concept: a swarm of underwater robots that could look for signs of life […]
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Colombian conflict survivors turn forest heroes in search of climate change solutions
This waterway, a silent witness to the turmoil of the municipality of Mapiripán, has seen it all – the wildlife trafficking, the coca harvests that […]
