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NASA’s spacecraft spots China’s Chang’e 5 lander on the moon
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter captured an image of China’s Chang’e 5 lander on the moon just hours after its historic landing.
Bees defeat ‘murder hornet’ relatives with poop
Asian honey bees defend their hives by attaching animal dung around the doorways, a behavior that was previously unknown in bees.
This is what a supernova sounds like, according to NASA
NASA’s new data sonification project turns the universe’s most extreme phenomena into sounds.
Hear from people taking action against COVID-19
As the coronavirus pandemic picked up speed this year, some people’s jobs became a nonstop race to help save lives. Here, an emergency medicine...
McDonald’s Happy Meals could get more expensive next year
McDonald’s is eliminating a two-decade-old deal with its franchisees that subsidized the price of Happy Meal toys for customers. That could mean pricier Happy...
Starbucks plans to open about 22,000 stores in the next 10 years
It may seem like there’s already a Starbucks on every corner. But the company is still planning on adding tens of thousands more locations...
How China’s coal plans threaten African countries’ fight for a renewable future
When the Ghanaian government agreed to coordinate with Shenzen Energy Group, a Chinese energy company, to build a 7,000-megawatt coal power plant in the...
UK and EU extend Brexit talks to Sunday
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen have agreed to extend foundering Brexit trade talks until Sunday.
Inside a Tehran hospital facing Iran’s biggest Covid-19 surge
Fighting Covid-19 in Iran has been hard for doctors. The country has recorded more than 50,000 deaths and over a million cases from the...
Climate change is shifting malaria hot spots in Africa 
‘Tyrant Lizard Queen’ offers a nuanced look at T. rex 
‘The water comes up to our knees’: Climate hazards shut millions of children out of school in 2025 
Human cost of violence in South Sudan ‘continues to grow’