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If you looked at the heat index during this summer's sticky heat waves and thought, "It sure feels hotter!," you may be right. An analysis by climate scientists at the University of…

A VIEW of the city skyline in Shanghai, China, Feb. 24, 2022. — REUTERS BEIJING – Several Chinese cities broke new records for high temperatures on Tuesday as…

The record-setting rout in cryptocurrencies has put a slew of decentralised-finance applications and their communities in a race to protect themselves against a cascade of liquidations —…

BRUCE R. MILLER Eager to adapt Jon Krakauer’s book, “Under the Banner of Heaven,” producers Ron Howard and Brian Grazer looked for ways to include as…

Drastic cuts to fossil fuel use. Growing forests and eating less meat. These are just some of the actions needed in this decade to contain global warming to 1.5…

If you haven't heard of Nothing yet, I'm hear to tell you that the startup has 300 people employed so far but plans to take on Apple. Seriously, this is one ambitious company, headed up…

© Reuters. By Karl Plume (Reuters) - Global farm chemicals and seeds maker Bayer (OTC:) will launch a corn variety in the United States next year that it says will better tolerate…

Cannabis use in North America continues to increase, with around 45 million adults in the USA reporting this in 2019, which is double the figure reported in the early 2000s. …

“The Rescue” plunges Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin into new depths. The filmmakers, known for the Oscar-winning documentary “Free Solo,” which captured rock climber Alex Honnold’s…

Chile, hailed for decades as a model of steady economic growth but reeling from two years of social unrest, will vote on Sunday in a general election that has sharply polarised the…