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Egypt’s Climate-Resilient ‘Super Corals’ Are Starting to Feel the Heat

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Egypt’s Climate-Resilient ‘Super Corals’ Are Starting to Feel the Heat
Source: WIRED

Scientists can’t agree why reefs in the Red Sea have long been immune to bleaching. The answer could be the key to saving these tough corals as climate change begins taking its toll.

Scientists can’t agree why reefs in the Red Sea have long been immune to bleaching. The answer could be the key to saving these tough corals as climate change begins taking its toll.

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Blue Origin is going all in on the New Glenn rocket
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Blue Origin is going all in on the New Glenn rocket

Blue Origin announced a major expansion of its already considerable Florida launch facilities on Friday morning with the intent of eventually flying 150 rockets a year from there. The company said it would add two additional launch pads for the New Glenn rocket, in addition to tw

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Googlebook review: Android on a laptop is still Android
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An important change will soon be made to global timekeeping that aims to prevent potential infrastructure failures akin to the Y2K bug scare. On Thursday, the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) voted to scrap the leap second, an ad hoc time adjustment that's occa

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