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11 award-winning nature photos show the beauty and catastrophe of the world's wildest places
The California Academy of Sciences held its 8th annual BigPicture Natural World Photography Competi…
Melissa Wiley
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The Academy says it's 'upset and outraged' by Will Smith's Oscars slap in a new letter to its members
In a new letter addressed to members, the Academy says their investigation into the incident "will …
Patrick Sproull
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A discovery inside a California cave suggests people were combining hallucinogenic drugs and art nearly 500 years ago
The Chumash people of modern-day Southern California may have used cave paintings during hallucinog…
Susie Neilson
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Kanye West's Donda Academy secretly moved locations a year before his antisemitic rant
One source told Insider that nobody takes care of the property despite still being responsible for …
Lloyd Lee,Haven Orecchio-Egre…
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom issues order requiring face coverings statewide for most indoor places
Newsom is requiring the wearing of face masks indoors and wherever social distancing isn't possible…
Charles Davis
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'COVID Toes' might be the latest unusual sign that people are infected with the novel coronavirus
Seeing swelling and discoloration in your toes? You may want to be tested for coronavirus, doctors …
Yeji Jesse Lee
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Could Will Smith lose his Oscar for slapping Chris Rock during the Academy Awards? Here's what we know.
The Academy's standards of conduct state that "the Academy will not itself initiate investigations"…
Esme Mazzeo
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Meet Tech Oscar winner Parag Havaldar, an IITian whose Technology is being used to create real animated characters in Hollywood movies
An Indian American Parag Havaldar, who graduated from IIT-Kharagpur in 1991 with a degree in comput…
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The academy says it's launching a formal review into Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars
The academy had condemned Will Smith's actions hours after the public smackdown by saying it did no…
Rebecca Cohen
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Heat and dehydration killed a family of 3 on a hike. A survival expert says such tragedies are more common than you think.
Their deaths initially mystified officials, but a survival expert told Insider this kind of tragedy…
Kelsey Vlamis
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Here's what to do on your next trip to San Francisco
There are several things to do in San Francisco: seeing the Golden Gate Bridge, taking a jeep tour,…
Chelsea Davis
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For $15k and a signed NDA, students at Kanye West's unaccredited Donda Academy start the day with 'full school worship' before parkour enrichment classes
The private Christian school, located in a conservative Los Angeles suburb, opened in November 2021…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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Three US-based economists win Nobel prize for Economics
Card's studies of core questions for society and Angrist and Imbens' methodological contribu…
PTI
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Keke Palmer said she damaged her retinas while sun gazing in Joshua Tree and is 'seeing double' — here's why the practice is dangerous
Medical experts do not recommend sun gazing, a controversial spiritual practice that involves stari…
Andrea Michelson
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Galapagos 'fantastic giant tortoise' was believed to be extinct for 100 years — until the discovery of a lone 50-year-old female nicknamed Fernanda
DNA analysis showed a recently discovered Galápagos Islands tortoise was the same species as a spec…
Kelsey Vlamis
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California kicks its climate change fight into overdrive while Trump looks the other way
While the amount of land burned in the western United States has doubled since 1984 due to the effe…
John Walsh
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Omicron is a 'different beast' in kids, but it doesn't seem more dangerous, disease experts say
The United States recorded nearly 1 million child COVID-19 cases last week — its highest weekly cou…
Aria Bendix
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140,000 kids had a parent or caregiver die from COVID. If we don't help them, America is going to end up with a lost generation.
Ignoring COVID's impact on families and children and returning to normal will not make things bette…
Abdullah Shihipar
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Oceans have become polluted with approximately 26,000 tons of PPE during pandemic, new report claims
"While it is suspected to be large, the magnitude and fate of this pandemic-associated mismanaged p…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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A Florida school says vaccinated students must stay home for 30 days after each shot, citing a false claim that they'll infect others
School officials said that the quarantine mandate exists because they believe vaccinated students c…