[ad_1] London CNN — Ever since Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his troops to invade Ukraine, one question has troubled European governments more than almost any other: What happens if Moscow turns off the gas? The threat of cutting Russian gas supplies for European countries, many of whom have relied …
Read More »Five locations throughout the US have been renamed to remove a derogatory term for Indigenous women
[ad_1] CNN — The United States Department of the Interior has replaced a derogatory term for Indigenous women used for centuries in five areas across the country. The Board on Geographic Names (BGN) voted on replacement names to remove the word sq—, an “offensive ethnic, racial and sexist slur, particularly …
Read More »Dnipro reels from deadly Russian missile strike
[ad_1] Dnipro, Ukraine CNN — In Dnipro, there is grief, exhaustion and anger. Early on Saturday afternoon, as families relaxed at home in the central Ukrainian city, a Russian cruise missile struck a nine-story apartment building overlooking a park near the river, killing at least 35 people. The core of …
Read More »Brendan Fraser picks up best actor at Critics Choice Awards
[ad_1] CNN — In what could be the first of many major pieces of hardware for him this award season, Brendan Fraser picked up best actor for his role in film festival darling “The Whale” at Sunday’s Critics Choice Awards. Fraser had some mighty competition for the award, including Golden …
Read More »MLK’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech was his most radical — because of how America has changed
[ad_1] CNN — It’s been called “the moment that changed everything,” the day America “turned the mystic corner,” and “the greatest political speech of the 20th century.” As the nation celebrates the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s national holiday tomorrow, millions of Americans will once again hear what has …
Read More »Darius Miles: University of Alabama basketball player removed from the team after being charged with murder
[ad_1] CNN — University of Alabama basketball player Darius Miles has been arrested and charged with murder in connection with a shooting near the campus Sunday which left a 23-year-old woman dead, Tuscaloosa law enforcement announced. “We were made aware of the recent charge against student-athlete Darius Miles, and he …
Read More »How Ukraine became a testbed for Western weapons and battlefield innovation
[ad_1] CNN — Last fall, as Ukraine won back large swaths of territory in a series of counterattacks, it pounded Russian forces with American-made artillery and rockets. Guiding some of that artillery was a homemade targeting system that Ukraine developed on the battlefield. A piece of Ukrainian-made software has turned …
Read More »9-year-old Maryland girl discovers ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ megalodon tooth
[ad_1] CNN — A 9-year-old aspiring paleontologist found the find of a lifetime on Christmas morning: a massive 5-inch tooth from a prehistoric megalodon. Molly Sampson, a fourth grader from Prince Frederick, Maryland, made the astonishing find on Calvert Beach. Molly told CNN that she has spent years combing Maryland’s …
Read More »Lab-grown alternatives aim to cut palm oil dependence
[ad_1] Two biotech firms have developed oils made from yeast as a replacement for palm. [ad_2] Source link
Read More »Can humanity’s new giant leap into space succeed?
[ad_1] Space is a vital part of our everyday lives. We depend on satellites for weather forecasts, communications, bank transitions, not to mention valuable surveillance tools for nation states. And it’s getting busy out there. In 2021 about 5,000 satellites were launched. Going back 20 years, about 800 were launched …
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