One Nigerian entrepreneur's solution for millions of old tires

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Waste tires can act as breeding grounds for malaria and cause fires. One Nigerian aims to recycle every one of her country's discarded tires.

How to see the Orionid meteor shower: the best place and time to catch the perfect view

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The Orionid meteor shower is known to produce fireballs occasionally.

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Doctor's transplanted a genetically-engineered pig heart into a human, again, and now the saved patient has reached a major milestone

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Lawrence Faucette, a pig heart transplant patient, works with a physical therapist at the school's hospital in Baltimore, Md
Lawrence Faucette, a pig heart transplant patient, works with a physical therapist at the school's hospital in Baltimore, Md.

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Earth's mysterious core appears to be leaking, leaving scientists baffled

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An opulent ancient Egyptian tomb containing 5,000-year-old wine may have belonged to a long-forgotten female pharaoh

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Side-by-side images show vistas from the tomb. On the left, a picture shows the ruins of an ancient tomb buried in a sandy landscape. The tomb's walls draw two concentric squares in the ground. On the right, ancient wine jars are seen half buried in the sand between narrow rectangular walls.
Side-by-side images show the tomb complex of Meret-Neith in Abydos, next to a picture of 5,000-year-old wine jars found in the grave.

An Egyptologist thought a pyramid might have hidden rooms. It took almost 200 years and lidar to prove him right.

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The interior of the Pyramid of Sahure, a storage room and a stone passageway
One of the storage rooms in the passageway recently found in the Pyramid of Sahure.

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America's electric grid is in shambles. Biden has made the largest federal investment ever to try and fix it.

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The American grid is old and not ready for the transition to clean energy.

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Most of us have a bit of Neanderthal DNA, with some more than others. Scientists think they've figured out why.

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A child stands nose to nose with a model of a Neanderthal at the Neanderthal Museum in Germany.

Neanderthal Museum (Mettman, Germany)

It's okay to hit the snooze button. A new study shows it isn't bad for you and may even help you feel more alert.

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A woman lays in bed with her eyes closed, her hand hovering over the snooze button on a mobile phone.
Snoozing might have some sleep benefits.

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The marketing failure that's going to kill us all

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Amid the rising tide of the ocean's waves are floating ephemera of environmental marketing: A large orange billboard that says
Campaigns to help the environment aren't working. We need better messaging.

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