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The Natural History Museum isn’t only the home of many rare and exceptional specimens, it’s also a wonder in itself 🐳🍃 With its innovative designs and exquisite decorative elements, it’s one of Britain's most striking and unusual examples of Romanesque architecture. Let’s look at how it came to be.

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A massive research project will investigate the role of icebergs in driving melting of the Greenland ice sheet, a process that could trigger a catastrophic collapse of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation

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Senators should know that the anti-voter SAVE Act will likely soon be headed their way. Enough senators could easily kill the bill by refusing to allow it to come up for a vote, and they should be ready to do so.

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Microsoft hopes its concessions requiring opt-in and the ability to pause Recall will help quell the collective revolt that broke out last year.

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Tomorrow for which we are not prepared. Why is the Outer Space Treaty opposed to the idea of ​​colonizing Mars? journals.law.harvard.edu/ilj/2025/04/...

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Mathematical constants are fine, but the true constant is our love of pie. Take your pick from this collection of our favorite delicious and unusual recipes, nearly 7 times 3.14159 in all: buff.ly/rhZG0vs

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When springtime arrives in the Dutch town of Lisse, so do the vibrant blooms of more than seven million bulbs along Keukenhof Gardens' twisting pathways and serene ponds.⁠ Read the full story of its history here: buff.ly/B5pgnxT

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In March 2024, Deb Manley, a volunteer in Big Bend National Park, Texas, uploaded photos of a small, low-lying plant covered in silvery fuzz to the species identification app iNaturalist. Not only was this the first recorded sighting on the app, it was the first sighting, period: buff.ly/h5dDfgt

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NEW: Have you ever wondered what lies beneath all of Antarctica's ice? Well, thanks to 70 years' worth of surveys, you can see! Take a look at this map: it reveals a hidden world of mountains and canyons not seen for 35 million years. Me @atlasobscura.com www.atlasobscura.com/articles/ant...

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2024 article "Mercury and Venus will be consumed, likely Earth will be as well." This is what will happen when the Sun dies www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-scienc...

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A long-running study of working lives in the UK reveals surprising shifts in skills, satisfaction and inequality.

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Commentary: Japan’s postwar focus on economic power over military might looks prescient as global trust in the U.S. wavers under Trump’s sweeping tariff threats and the market turmoil they triggered.

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EU issues US-bound staff with burner phones over spying fears www.ft.com/content/20d0...

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BBC News - How much vital UK infrastructure does China own? - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Google Cloud’s so-called uninterruptible power supplies caused a six-hour interruption

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80,000 pages later and guess what? Still Oswald. No grassy knoll twist, no secret second shooter—just decades of conspiracy theories chasing a ghost. #JFKFiles #LeeHarveyOswald #ConspiracyTheories #DeclassifiedTruth news.virginia.edu/content/decl...

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Social media company Meta says that it will start using publicly available content from European users to train its artificial intelligence models, resuming work put on hold last year after privacy activists raised concerns about data privacy.

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Washington and Beijing have entered a phase of hardened rhetoric, reciprocal sanctions, and reduced people-to-people engagement. The risk of miscalculation is now dangerously high.

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Roman Rozhavsky’s the real deal—18 years in the trenches, tracking foreign spies and sniffing out insider threats. The FBI’s counterintelligence game just got a serious upgrade. #FBILeadership #Counterintelligence #NationalSecurity #InsiderThreats #FBI www.hstoday.us/industry/peo...

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Trump warns that no country will be 'off the hook' on tariffs, despite his 90-day pause on some levies

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Russia didn’t need to hack the system—they tried to walk right in through Trump’s inner circle. When foreign influence starts with job applications, we’ve got a deeper problem than just bad policy. #espionage #ForeignInterference #NationalSecurity lansinginstitute.org/2025/02/10/1...

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February 2025 article. (some items superseded by recent news. 4 page list of donors still interesting. Other items may have current interest). UNCOVERING CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND SELF-DEALING IN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

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In the debate over the administration’s worldwide tariffs, one thing is clear: using emergency powers to impose them is a clear presidential overreach.

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📣 Join us for ‘Dark Money & Disinformation: The Battle for Electoral Integrity’. 💸 As the UK prepares for its upcoming local and mayoral elections, ensuring the integrity of the political process is more important than ever. 29 April, 17:00-18:30 🔗 Reg: bit.ly/4lv8TzA

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🦑💫This NASA/ESA Hubble image features the spiral galaxy Messier 77, also known as the Squid Galaxy. It would take more than a century between the discovery of the galaxy and the realisation that the ‘spiral nebulae’ scattered across the sky were not part of our own galaxy! #HubbleSpaceTelescope 🔭

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Government research finds many civil servants "have misconceptions of what AI is and what it might achieve” www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/...

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Happy #WorldQuantumDay! Quantum computing is advancing fast and we must start preparing for post-quantum cryptography now. Our latest blog outlines key milestones for PQC migration, why it matters, and how it supports stronger long-term cyber security⬇️ www.ncsc.gov.uk/blog-post/se...

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Cellulose, the main component of paper, can be turned into clear, waterproof objects such as cups that are almost indistinguishable from plastic, but break down more quickly

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Today the House of Commons was recalled to take forward legislative proposals to ensure the continued operation of British Steel blast furnaces is safeguarded.

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How do scientists measure the cyclical behavior of the sun? (from 2023) www.quantamagazine.org/how-scientis...

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