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Climate scientists criticize government paper that erases ‘pause’ in warming

Until last week, government data on climate change indicated that the Earth has warmed over the last century, but that the warming slowed dramatically and even stopped at points over the last 17 years. But a paper released May 28…

WWII ship used for atomic bomb tests found ‘amazingly intact’

The USS Independence aircraft carrier, which operated during World War II, has been located about a half mile underwater off California’s Farallon Islands. Using an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) dubbed the Echo Ranger and a 3D-imaging sonar system, researchers have…

Monday was the Sun’s angriest day in years

The sun, it seems, is in overdrive. Late Monday night, the sun unleashed its third major solar flare in 24 hours — the biggest and most powerful solar storm of the year, so far. This latest sun storm erupted Monday…