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Our planet is getting warmer and we’re about to miss our climate targets and begin experiencing drastic environmental collapse like never before seen by humankind. And now a new study looking at what ...

At the beginning of the exoplanet age, the goals were fairly simple. The first was to find as many of them as possible to ...

Climate change worsened by human behavior made 2025 one of the three hottest years on record, scientists said. It was also the first time that the three-year temperature average broke through the ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

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Museum hosts Burmese history, culture celebration event in Battle Creek The Battle Creek Regional History Museum hosted an event to celebrate Burmese history on Saturday. Photos: Another snow-chilled ...

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