Enormous X-ray bubbles balloon from the center of the Milky Way
Two giant, mysterious bubbles spew from the Milky Way’s heart, and now it appears the bubbles may have doubles. Scientists have known for a...
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US Presidential Election Part 4: The Legacy of Slavery and Racism
OXFORD, Dec 09 (IPS) – In a powerful address at the Hungry Club Forum on 10 May 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. spoke about...
SpaceX aborts Starship SN8 prototype test launch at last second
SpaceX’s first attempt to launch a Starship prototype on a high-altitude test flight ended with a last-second abort in Texas on Tuesday (Dec. 8).
People with significant allergies should avoid Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, UK warns
This comes after two National Health Service members developed allergic reactions to the vaccine on Tuesday.
Sahara’s ‘Godzilla’ dust storm may have been triggered by warming in the Arctic
Warmer-than-average conditions and declining sea ice in the Arctic may be linked to the Sahara Desert’s biggest dust storm in recorded history.
The strange story of how nuns uncovered ‘House of Jesus’ in Nazareth
A group of 19th-century sisters excavated and protected the House of Jesus in Nazareth. Here’s their story.
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Saturn and Jupiter to almost ‘kiss’ this winter solstice
From Earth’s perspective, Jupiter and Saturn will appear a moon’s distance apart on Dec. 21.
Archaeologists find vast network of Amazon villages laid out like the cosmos
The remnants of circular and rectangular villages dating to 1300 were discovered in the Amazon rainforest.
As 2020 comes to an end, here’s what we still don’t know about COVID-19
More than 68 million infected with the novel coronavirus and more than 1.5 million dead. 2020 has been a year defined by global sickness...
‘Connect the dots’ between street protests and global turmoil, urges Guterres 
DR Congo: Ebola responders under pressure as outbreak expands 
A nanoparticle revealed the tiny impact of a single gas atom 
Was van Gogh’s ‘The Starry Night’ a flight of fancy or a real sky?