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‘Space hurricane’ caught raging over North Pole during one of the sun’s quietest days
A rare hurricane that raged high above Earth’s North Pole in 2014 packed a surprising punch, and may be even stranger than scientists first thought. The phenomenon, called a “space hurricane,” unleashed intense space weather effects normally seen only during major solar storms, despite the sun being unusually quiet that day, according to a new…
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ESPN’s preseason All-America team: The best at every position
Chris LowAug 11, 2025, 07:20 AM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Go ahead and pinch yourself. We have actual college football in less than two weeks. The 2025 season is almost upon us, and with it comes the second year of the 12-team College Football…
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Why an explosive fight erupted over the UK’s new Chinese embassy
Damian Grammaticas Political Correspondent BBC Listen to Damian read this article. The sheet of paper says “Wanted Person” at the top. Below is a photo of a young woman, a headshot that might have been taken in a studio. She looks directly at the camera, smiling with her teeth showing, and her dark, shoulder-length hair…
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How Europe is vying for rare earth independence from China
Jonathan Josephs Reporting fromLa Rochelle, western France BBC Solvay’s rare earths processing facility in western France is one of only two in Europe For almost 80 years rare earth metals have been pumped out of this industrial plant in La Rochelle on France’s west coast. But as the materials become more and more crucial to…
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The games industry: Developers go their own way as jobs dry up
Studio Morgan Harvey Hayman and Holly Hudson founded their own studio after graduating from a game design course When Holly Hudson enrolled on a university video game design course, she imagined a job at a studio would be waiting at the end of it. Her dream was to work as a 3D artist, but the…
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Why plane turbulence is really becoming more frequent and severe
BBC Listen to this article being read Andrew Davies was on his way to New Zealand to work on a Doctor Who exhibition, for which he was project manager. The first leg of his flight from London to Singapore was fairly smooth. Then suddenly the plane hit severe turbulence. “Being on a rollercoaster is the…
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Artists help Tamworth pupils and cancer centre users create murals
Clare Lissaman BBC News, West Midlands Nue People who attend a wellbeing and cancer support centre made a mural for its walls after working with two artists Two artists have worked with children and users of a wellbeing and cancer support centre to create new murals in a Staffordshire town. Local artists Kate O and…
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Most important developments from 1st week of NFL preseason, including Shedeur Sanders
We’ve now seen every team play this preseason. Or, at least there were players in all 32 team uniforms on an NFL field. As we know, some teams won’t play starters in the preseason. In the first week of the preseason, half of the teams did not play their starting quarterback or many starters overall….
