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Scottish firefighters fought a wildfire Saturday that was burning through Cairngorms National Park in the north, with ...

In the words of a former Antarctic tour guide we interviewed: "You'd see massive glacier calvings, and you'd just want to cry ...

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Dozens of archaeological sites were destroyed by looting during Syria's civil war, which began in 2011 and lasted until 2024.

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A Taiwan–led study of Mandarin-speaking learners shows that the sounds we hear and produce are deeply shaped by our prior ...