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Marathons are terrible for the planet, presenting a climate dilemma for elite runners: to fly or not to fly?
Marathons in London and Toronto are becoming more sustainable. But thousands of runners travel inte…
Catherine Boudreau
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A planet thrice the size of Jupiter discovered due to its 'strange orbit'
It took 20 years of observations to figure out that the planet has an 'highly eccentric'…
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Planet Fitness' longtime CEO says he was 'blindsided' by abrupt firing that sent gym's stock plummeting and barred him from talking to staff
Planet Fitness CEO Chris Rondeau was fired after a decade at the helm and replaced by ex-NH Gov. Cr…
Katherine Long,Jack Newsham
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'Dan Harmon was willing to defer to me': Cartoonist Nathan Pyle talks bringing his beloved 'Strange Planet' webcomic to TV
Nathan Pyle and Dan Harmon co-executive produce "Strange Planet," an animated Apple TV+ series base…
Palmer Haasch
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A working-class immigrant neighborhood in Queens banned cars along a major road. The new park is a 'superhighway of kids and families and neighbors.'
Jackson Heights, Queens, was the 'epicenter of the epicenter' of COVID-19. Now, it's a model for re…
Eliza Relman
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Taylor Swift seems to reference Matty Healy throughout her new album. Here's a complete timeline of their relationship.
Taylor Swift and Matty Healy sparked dating rumors in 2014 and reconnected nearly a decade later. T…
Callie Ahlgrim
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Honolulu-based energy storage company Blue Planet Energy hopes to bring sustainable, renewable power to Hawaii - and the world
Since 2013, Honolulu has ranked number 1 in solar power per capita among the 50 largest US cities. …
Erica Sweeney
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Astronomers discover three planets orbiting younger Sun-like star
An international team of astronomers has discovered a trio of hot worlds larger than Earth orbiting…
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Louisiana's coastline is rapidly deteriorating. A nonprofit is teaming up with restaurants to rebuild it using recycled oyster shells.
The Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana uses oyster shells from New Orleans restaurants to creat…
Elle Hardy
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Astronomers discover whirling electric winds at Saturn's north pole, solving a decades-old NASA mystery
Saturn's aurora borealis, unlike auroras on other planets, is driven by a powerful weather system. …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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The British Navy's 2 new aircraft carriers hit a major milestone at the same time — on opposite sides of the planet
It's been a busy fall for HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales, which the Royal Navy calls "…
Benjamin Brimelow
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One graph shows how Brazil's election could speed up destruction of the Amazon rainforest — and imperil the planet
Under President Jair Bolsonaro, deforestation in the Amazon surged. His opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula …
Paola Rosa-Aquino,Morgan McFa…
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EVs need new and improved tires. These 7 companies are reinventing them for the electric era.
A variety of startups and established firms are innovating to make electric vehicle tires better, c…
Andrew Moseman
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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured photos of cyclones, changing colors, and seasons on 4 distant planets
NASA's most powerful space telescope peers across the solar system to spy new storms on Jupiter and…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Government partnership with big business created the internet and cell phones - an economist says it can deliver a new generation of innovations, too
Economist Mariana Mazzucato says the government "needs to redesign policy away from fixing markets …
Paul Constant
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America's cities are vying for a hot new title: best place to ride out the coming dystopia
The newest sales pitch for American cities: Cheap homes, nice roads, and a lack of catastrophic nat…