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   Could We Pay Back The Earth For What It Provides? A New Report Offers A Roadmap   
   NPR, 04 Feb 2021 0:39Z   
   The landmark report commissioned by the British govt calls on   
   countries to quantify the cost of environmental degradation. It frames   
   nature as a financial ...   
      
   The noisy ocean: Humans have made the world's seas a very loud place to live   
   USA TODAY, 04 Feb 2021 20:28Z   
   The ocean has become a very noisy place. The world's seas are much louder   
   than they were in pre-industrial times, "becoming more and more a raucous ...   
      
   "Home Alone 2" Actor Donald Trump Resigned From The Screen Actors Guild In   
   The Pettiest Letter   
   BuzzFeed News, 04 Feb 2021 21:26Z   
   Donald Trump, the Home Alone 2: Lost in New York actor and former president   
   of the United States, resigned from the Screen Actors Guild on Thu in a ...   
      
   IBM quantum computers now finish some tasks in hours, not months   
   Engadget, 04 Feb 2021 06:25Z   
   IBM has found a way to speed up some quantum computing tasks by 100 times,   
   finishing them in hours rather than months.   
      
   Election Tech Company Sues Fox News, Giuliani And Others For $2.7 Billion   
   NPR, 04 Feb 2021 23:24Z   
   The suit names Fox stars Lou Dobbs and Maria Bartiromo and Jeanine Pirro, as   
   well as Trump allies Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell.   
      
   UK COVID variant like a 'Category 5 hurricane,' epidemiologist says   
   New York Post, 04 Feb 2021 17:33Z   
   An epidemiologist on Thu compared the highly contagious UK variant of   
   the coronavirus to a "Category 5 hurricane" churning off the coast - as the   
   strain ...   
      
   Giant radio telescope reaches milestone en route to construction start   
   Science Magazine, 04 Feb 2021 14:32Z   
   The Square Kilometre Array has been a dream of radio astronomers for nearly   
   3 decades. Today, the project officially becomes the Square Kilometre Array ...   
      
   New study shows young adults were main drivers of COVID pandemic   
   KRON4, 04 Feb 2021 03:39Z   
   A new study shows that in 2020, young adults were the main drivers of the   
   pandemic.   
      
   Whale that stranded off Florida is completely new species (and already   
   endangered)   
   Livescience.com, 04 Feb 2021 13:39Z   
   A 38-foot-long (11.5 meters) whale that washed ashore in the Florida   
   Everglades in Jan 2019 turns out to be a completely new species. And   
   it's already ...   
      
   WHO team in Wuhan says discussions open, meetings frank   
   The Associated Press, 04 Feb 2021 10:36Z   
   Wuhan, China.  World Health Organization investigators looking for clues   
   into the origin of the coronavirus in the central Chinese city of Wuhan said   
   that ...   
      
   UK launches 'world first' trial mixing different Covid vaccines for first   
   and second doses   
   CNBC, 04 Feb 2021 14:56Z   
   A trial is being launched in the UK to explore whether using different   
   Covid-19 vaccines for the first and second doses works.   
      
   White House offers 'full support' for Trump-era Space Force   
   ABC News, 03 Feb 2021 21:34Z   
   Washington. The White House on Wed offered "full support" for Space   
   Force, a day after the president's chief spokesperson provoked a backlash ...   
      
   US Navy Warship Transits Taiwan Strait for First Time under Joe Biden   
   Newsweek, 04 Feb 2021 13:34Z   
   A US Navy warship sailed through the narrow waterway between China and   
   Taiwan on Thu local time, the first such operation since Democratic   
   President ...   
      
   The Earth's Magnetosphere Might be Creating Water on the Moon   
   Universe Today, 03 Feb 2021 22:30Z   
   There's no doubt that the Moon has water on its surface. Orbiters have   
   spotted deposits of ice persisting in the perpetual shadows of polar craters.   
   And recent ...   
      
   Elevated Radiation Levels Detected in Neutron Reactor Containment Building   
   at NIST in Maryland   
   NBC4 Washington, 04 Feb 2021 04:28Z   
   Elevated radiation levels were detected in the containment building of the   
   research neutron reactor at the National Institute of Standards and   
   Technology in...   
      
   Renewables expected to replace coal by 2033, says Morgan Stanley   
   The Hill, 03 Feb 2021 23:28Z   
   The forecast comes as the Biden administration is aiming to make the US   
   carbon neutral by 2050.   
      
   Number of homes lost in devastating Perth Hills bushfire revised up to 81   
   ABC News, 04 Feb 2021 04:04Z   
   An emergency warning remains in place for the massive blaze burning in   
   Perth's north-east, with damage assessment teams confirming the number of   
   properties lost is greater than first thought.   
      
   Marmoset monkeys eavesdrop and understand conversations between other marmosets   
   Phys.org, 03 Feb 2021 19:41Z   
   Humans continuously observe and evaluate interactions between third parties   
   to decide with whom to interact in the future. But it is difficult to   
   measure what ...   
      
   Martian landslides caused by underground salts and melting ice?   
   Phys.org, 03 Feb 2021 20:41Z   
   A team of researchers led by SETI Institute Senior Research Scientist Janice   
   Bishop, a member of the SETI Institute NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI)   
   team, has ...   
      
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