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REPHRASED: A GLIMPSE INTO THE CLIMATE: Severe weather conditions such as fires in Chile, heavy rains in California, and drought in Spain are causing widespread suffering.

On Monday, Camila Lange, who is currently seven months pregnant, sat with her husband and dog in their former home in Vina del Mar, Chile. In the central coastal region of the country, hundreds of houses have been demolished due to fires that have resulted in the deaths of at least 112 individuals. Extreme weather

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Researchers are making progress in their efforts to construct a massive atom-smasher that is expected to be operational by 2040.

The scientists at the biggest particle collider in the world, located in Geneva, stated their belief on Monday in proceeding with a multi-billion euro venture to construct a larger and more advanced collider that could potentially reveal new secrets of the universe. Officials from CERN, the European research organization for nuclear physics, have announced that

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Scientists have found evidence from ocean sponges that suggests the Earth has been warming for a longer period of time than previously thought. However, some scientists are skeptical of this evidence.

Several ancient sponges, dating back centuries and found deep in the Caribbean, have prompted some researchers to consider the possibility that human-induced climate change began earlier and has had a greater impact on global warming than previously believed. They calculate that the world has already gone past the internationally approved target of limiting global warming

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Sport

The February Top 25 for boys basketball includes five new teams.

The rankings for boys basketball in HighSchoolOT’s Statewide Top 25 have remained unchanged for the top 17 spots compared to last week. Following No. 17, each and every position has been altered. Last week, five teams ranked between 18-25 suffered losses and were subsequently removed: South Mecklenburg, Forsyth Country Day, Washington County, Independence, and The

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