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Tsunami waves hit US, Japan, Russia — and unleash a flood of online misinformation: DW has the facts.

Deutsche Welle - 1 minute ago

Heat waves, flooding and drought made worse by climate change are chipping away at roads, railway tracks and bridges.

Deutsche Welle - 11 minutes ago

Russia claims capture of key Ukrainian stronghold and hits Kyiv with deadly drone attack

NBC News - 16 minutes ago

The tremor struck off the Kamchatka Peninsula, sparking alerts and evacuation orders across the Pacific.

Deutsche Welle - 26 minutes ago

Pakistan says it wins U.S. tariff deal; Trump cites oil reserves pact

NBC News - 29 minutes ago

Bitter fight over 2020 Microsoft quantum paper both resolved and unresolved - Deep dive - Ground control to Majorana - Science - 31 Jul 2025 - | 2

Lloyds Bank is back online following a 3-hour outage that left thousands of Brits unable to access their accounts on payday

Daily Mail - 46 minutes ago

Zoo finds successors to swearing raven -- , -- Zoo finds successors to swearing raven

BBC News - 49 minutes ago

Bird flu confirmed at commercial poultry farm -- , -- Bird flu confirmed at commercial poultry farm

BBC News - 54 minutes ago

Natural disaster victims would get six months of mortgage relief under Senate bill

NBC News - 58 minutes ago

Tsunami alerts have sparked evacuations from Russia to Japan, including nearly two million in Japan alone.

Deutsche Welle - 1 hour ago

US to scrap landmark finding that sets limit on carbon emissions

BBC News - 1 hour ago

'Significant turbulence' leaves 25 hospitalized after Delta flight diverts

NBC News - 2 hours ago

Strict rules in place as bird flu case confirmed -- , -- Strict rules in place as bird flu case confirmed

BBC News - 2 hours ago

Defense Department opts to not end satellite data for storm forecasts

UPI - 2 hours ago

Ancient Buddha relics sold to India after $13 million auction postponed

NBC News - 2 hours ago

Is AI Behind Tech Layoffs? CEOs Say Yes, But It's Not That Simple

Deccan Chronicle - 3 hours ago

Ohio man charged with threatening to kill Rep. Jim Jordan over Medicaid cuts, aide says

NBC News - 3 hours ago

Heritage boards honour Attenborough legacy to city -- , -- Heritage boards honour Attenborough legacy to city

BBC News - 3 hours ago

Boy, 9, shares passion for farming at country show -- , -- Boy, 9, shares passion for farming at country show

BBC News - 3 hours ago

Warship wreck more complete than experts expected -- , -- Warship wreck more complete than experts expected

BBC News - 3 hours ago

'No land, no home, no future': Himalayan Lepchas fear new dam

Aljazeera - 3 hours ago

Australia's First Orbital Rocket, Crashes After 14 Seconds of Flight

Deccan Chronicle - 3 hours ago

Large solar farm approved despite objections -- , -- Large solar farm approved despite objections

BBC News - 4 hours ago

1 dead, 22 sick from Legionnaires' cluster in Harlem, health officials say

NBC News - 4 hours ago

How residents are expected to use five new bins. Video, 00:00:34 -- , -- How residents are expected to use five new bins

BBC News - 4 hours ago

Users left scrambling for a plan B as Dropbox drops Dropbox Passwords -- Read-only in weeks, deleted forever in months

Suspect arrested in killings of couple hiking with daughters in Arkansas

NBC News - 6 hours ago

Bodies of 2 girls and man killed in Nebraska plant explosion recovered

NBC News - 6 hours ago

Family of Epstein abuse survivor urges Trump not to pardon Ghislaine Maxwell

NBC News - 6 hours ago

UK buys time with £1.65B extension to G-Cloud framework -- Replacement deal not ready, so old one gets 6 more months and budget bump

Baby found on 'random' Tennessee yard before 4 relatives are found dead

NBC News - 7 hours ago

First Australian-made rocket crashes after 14 seconds of flight in a failed attempt to reach orbit

CTV News - 7 hours ago

Ontario cancels internet deal with Musk's Starlink as part of U.S. tariff fight

NBC News - 7 hours ago

Answers to how life on Earth began could be stuck on Mars -- Under the Radar -- Donald Trump plans to scrap Nasa's Mars Sample Return mission - stranding test tubes on the Red Planet and ceding potentially valuable information to China -- Harriet Marsden, The Week UK -- Published

The Week - 7 hours ago

2-year-old killed when car crashes into suburban Chicago restaurant

NBC News - 8 hours ago

'Communities' of strange, extreme life seen for first time in deep ocean

BBC News - 8 hours ago

Canada plans to recognize a Palestinian state in September, the prime minister says

NBC News - 8 hours ago

Scientists say they've solved the mystery of how clouds make lightning

Independent UK - 8 hours ago

What makes a tsunami — and what to do if one comes

NPR - 8 hours ago

Amazon's New 'War of the Worlds' Features a Head-Scratching Twist

Gizmodo - 8 hours ago

War Games: MoD asks soldiers with 1337 skillz to compete in esports -- Troopers to swap radios for Turtle Beaches in preparation for '21st century challenges'

Gaelic football camp moved over factory smell -- , -- Gaelic football camp moved over factory smell

BBC News - 9 hours ago

2,300-year-old arm tats on mummified woman reveal new insights about tattooing technique in ancient Siberia - By - Kristina Killgrove - published - 30 July 25 - A new analysis used near-infrared photography to shed light on the methods and tools for creating tattoos in the Early Iron Age Pazyryk culture.

Live Science - 9 hours ago

Progressive group endorses four Latinas in competitive House districts

NBC News - 10 hours ago

US sends 33,000 smart 'strike kits' to make Ukrainian drones even deadlier -- Auterion CEO explains how autonomy will change the face of warfare

Google Home Is So Bad That a Lawsuit Could Be on Its Way

Gizmodo - 11 hours ago

Experimental HIV vaccines show promise in early safety test - By - Nicoletta Lanese - published - 30 July 25 - Several vaccines for HIV have been tested in animal studies and an early safety trial in people, showing promising results in both.

Live Science - 11 hours ago

I've spent years searching for Atlantis. Now I'm certain I've found it...

Daily Mail - 11 hours ago

Fleeing extinction: Prehistoric beast's epic journey to oblivion

Daily Sabah - 11 hours ago

Urgent recall after Celsius energy cans were accidentally spiked with alcohol

Daily Mail - 12 hours ago

Scientists Say New Government Climate Report Twists Their Work

Wired News - 12 hours ago

Critics say Europe's $750 billion energy deal with the US could risk climate goals and energy security if it goes ahead.

Deutsche Welle - 12 hours ago

NASA readying for crewed Artemis II moon flight

UPI - 12 hours ago

Shocking video captures 'Bigfoot' sprinting through the woods in broad daylight

Daily Mail - 12 hours ago

Peacock feathers can emit laser beams

Ars Technica - 13 hours ago

Joe Rogan stunned by Harvard scientist saying 'alien probe' could attack Earth

Daily Mail - 13 hours ago

Google's Newest AI Model Acts like a Satellite to Track Climate Change

Wired News - 13 hours ago

Russian volcano explodes in 'powerful' eruption, likely intensified by 8.8 magnitude earthquake - By - Perri Thaler - published - 30 July 25 - Klyuchevskoy volcano in Russia erupted shortly after a powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake in the same region.

Live Science - 13 hours ago

$15 billion in NIH funding frozen, then thawed Tuesday in ongoing power war

Ars Technica - 13 hours ago

US, India launch satellite to track Earth's surface

Deutsche Welle - 13 hours ago

US Navy won't torpedo hurricane forecast satellite feed after all -- Data stream from aging sensor to continue after public backlash and amateur workaround

Some facts about the strongest earthquakes ever recorded

The San Diego Union-Tribune - 14 hours ago

Researchers across country warn of uptick in deadly flu complication affecting young children

The Mercury News - 14 hours ago

Even a slight slowdown of key Atlantic currents poses a 'stunning risk' to rainforests - By - Ben Turner - published - 30 July 25 - A slowing Atlantic current could have a devastating impact on the planet's rainforests, a new study warns.

Live Science - 14 hours ago

Ancient warning mysteriously appears on Hawaiian beach mere days before catastrophic megaquake

Daily Mail - 14 hours ago

You can watch the 'best meteor shower of the year' in Canada. Here's how

CTV News - 14 hours ago

Climate Change -- Heatstroke and Extreme Heat can Hurt Health in the Long-Term, Too

Scientific American - 14 hours ago

Making Roman concrete produces as much CO - 2 - as modern concrete

Ars Technica - 15 hours ago

Harvard scientist believes interstellar comet could be alien craft: 'We should put all possibilities on the table'

CTV News - 15 hours ago

NASA teams with India to launch Earth-tracking satellite

UPI - 15 hours ago

Trump administration is launching a new private health tracking system with Big Tech's help

CTV News - 15 hours ago

Australia's first orbital-class rocket stalled seconds after liftoff

Ars Technica - 15 hours ago

FDA vaccine chief leaving agency after less than 3 months

Los Angeles Times - 15 hours ago

'It was so unexpected': 90 billion liters of meltwater punched its way through Greenland ice sheet in never-before-seen melting event - By - Ben Turner - published - 30 July 25 - A previously-undetected flood over Greenland's ice sheet has confounded model predictions about how the region's meltwater should leak.

Live Science - 15 hours ago

Natural Disasters -- Why the Russian Earthquake Didn't Cause a Huge Tsunami

Scientific American - 16 hours ago

Archaeologists discover 1,800-year-old Roman watchtower built to protect the empire during Marcus Aurelius' reign - By - Laura Geggel - published - 30 July 25 - Archaeologists are excavating a Roman-era watchtower in Croatia that was "built in a strategic location" on the banks of the Danube River.

Live Science - 16 hours ago

Why did Russian mega earthquake not cause more tsunami damage?

BBC News - 16 hours ago

Underwater voyage reveals network of creatures in deep-sea trenches

Independent UK - 17 hours ago

Psychology -- Why Dungeons and Dragons Is Good for Your Brain

Scientific American - 17 hours ago

Windows 10 turns 10: Dying OS just worked, lacked compatibility chaos -- Redmond's last mostly sane OS nears end-of-life as AI nags take over

Teen at Yellowstone suffers severe burns after ground breaks over scalding thermal pond - By - Sascha Pare - published - 30 July 25 - A 17-year-old badly burned his foot and ankle on Monday (July 28) while hiking off trail near the Lone Star Geyser, Yellowstone National Park representatives said.

Live Science - 18 hours ago

A mega-earthquake could strike the Pacific Northwest any day — and we're not prepared

Business Insider - 18 hours ago

NASA awards Firefly Aerospace $177M to drop more bots on the Moon -- If at first you succeed, have some more money

Natural Disasters -- Tsunami Warnings Issued after Magnitude 8.8 Earthquake Strikes off Russian Coast

Scientific American - 18 hours ago

'Universal' cancer vaccine heading to human trials could be useful for 'all forms of cancer' By - Nicoletta Lanese - published - 30 July 25 - A new mRNA-based vaccine triggers a response from the innate immune system to help arm the body against cancer, a mouse study finds. It's now in early human trials.

Live Science - 18 hours ago

Fifty water voles released to boost Surrey numbers -- , -- Fifty water voles released to boost Surrey numbers

BBC News - 18 hours ago

Sam, the 'country's oldest meerkat', dies at 20 -- , -- Sam, the 'country's oldest meerkat', dies at 20

BBC News - 19 hours ago

On scorching summer days, Prague Zoo brings in tons of ice to keep animals cool.

Deutsche Welle - 19 hours ago

Earth -- Hidden Lake Bursts through Greenland Ice in 'Extremely Surprising' Event

Scientific American - 19 hours ago

Harvard scientist warns mysterious interstellar object could be 'hostile' alien craft set to visit Earth in just months

Daily Mail - 19 hours ago

Baby otter in flamingo habitat finds new home -- , -- Baby otter in flamingo habitat finds new home

BBC News - 19 hours ago

How Google profits even as its AI summaries reduce website ad link clicks -- Google's AI Overviews are wrecking its old ad model, but Google's revenue is increasing with ads based on it

Culture -- Neurotic Cats, One-Eyed Aliens and Hypnosis for Liars Are among the Historical Gems Reported in Scientific American

Scientific American - 19 hours ago

Not a Hypothesis: Boycott Against Israeli Science Spreads 'Like a Virus'

Haaretz - 20 hours ago

India and US launch 'first-of-its-kind' satellite -- , -- India and US launch 'first-of-its-kind' satellite

BBC News - 20 hours ago

GSLV-F16 Rocket Carrying NISAR Satellite Lifts Off

Deccan Chronicle - 20 hours ago

Amid Gaza war, Israeli academia faces an unprecedented global boycott

Haaretz - 20 hours ago

Researchers concerned over rise in teens using AI for friendship -- In a new survey, 31% of teens said their conversations with AI companions were "as satisfying or more satisfying" than talking with real friends. -- Jul 23

CBS News - 20 hours ago

Watch 1,000 baby spiders devour their mothers and aunties alive in stomach-turning, first-of-its-kind footage - By - Sascha Pare - published - 30 July 25 - Footage from the BBC's new nature series "Parenthood" shows African social spiders committing matricide and cannibalizing their elderly relatives. Even Sir David Attenborough was horrified.

Live Science - 20 hours ago