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Hurricane Helene power outages leave over 4 million in the dark – history shows poorer areas often wait longest for electricity to be restored

Hurricane Helene power outages leave over 4 million in the dark – history shows poorer areas often wait longest for electricity to be restored

Hurricane Helene left more than 4 million homes and businesses in the dark across Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas after hitting Florida’s Big Bend region as a powerful Category 4 storm late on Sept. 26,…

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Can we find hidden graves of murder victims with soil imaging? New Australian study gives it a try

Can we find hidden graves of murder victims with soil imaging? New Australian study gives it a try

To avoid being caught, murderers often attempt to hide bodies using various methods. This can include shallow or deep burials, submersion in water, encasing in concrete or even disposing of remains in rubbish bins and…

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US shelves Oregon offshore wind auction By Reuters

US shelves Oregon offshore wind auction By Reuters

(Reuters) – The Biden administration on Friday said it was shelving a planned auction of offshore wind development rights off the coast of Oregon that had been scheduled for next month. The U.S. Bureau of…

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Hurricane Helene power outages leave over 3 million in the dark – history shows poorer areas often wait longest for electricity to be restored

Hurricane Helene power outages leave over 3 million in the dark – history shows poorer areas often wait longest for electricity to be restored

Hurricane Helene left more than 3 million homes and businesses in the dark across Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas after hitting Florida’s Big Bend region as a powerful Category 4 storm late on Sept. 26,…

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Octopuses work together with fish to hunt – and the way they share decisions is surprisingly complex

Octopuses work together with fish to hunt – and the way they share decisions is surprisingly complex

A new study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution lifts the veil on what happens when octopuses and fish hunt together. As it turns out, this cross-species relationship is more complex than anyone expected. Animals…

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Oil steadies, but heads for weekly drop on firmer supply outlook By Reuters

Oil steadies, but heads for weekly drop on firmer supply outlook By Reuters

By Gabrielle Ng and Shariq Khan SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Oil prices eased for a third day on Friday and were on track to fall for the week as investors focused on expectations of increased output from…

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Big lithium plans for Imperial Valley, one of California’s poorest regions, raise a bigger question: Who should benefit?

Big lithium plans for Imperial Valley, one of California’s poorest regions, raise a bigger question: Who should benefit?

Imperial County consistently ranks among the most economically distressed places in California. Its Salton Sea, the state’s biggest and most toxic lake, is an environmental disaster. And the region’s politics have been dominated by a…

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In a new manifesto, OpenAI’s Sam Altman envisions an AI utopia – and reveals glaring blind spots

In a new manifesto, OpenAI’s Sam Altman envisions an AI utopia – and reveals glaring blind spots

By now, many of us are probably familiar with artificial intelligence hype. AI will make artists redundant! AI can do lab experiments! AI will end grief! Even by these standards, the latest proclamation from OpenAI…

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At least two people dead after oil barge sinks in Venezuela, PDVSA says By Reuters

At least two people dead after oil barge sinks in Venezuela, PDVSA says By Reuters

CARACAS/MARACAIBO (Reuters) -At least two people died and four were declared missing following the sinking of an oil barge operated by a contractor of Venezuelan state-run energy company PDVSA at Lake Maracaibo, PDVSA said on…

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Drug prices improved under Biden-Harris and Trump − but not for everyone, and not enough

Drug prices improved under Biden-Harris and Trump − but not for everyone, and not enough

When it comes to drug pricing, the Trump and Biden-Harris administrations both have some very modest wins to tout. As director of the Health Outcomes, Policy, and Evidence Synthesis group at the University of Connecticut…

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