'Alien tech' purportedly discovered by Harvard team might just be coal waste

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A Harvard professor and his team claim that tiny balls from the Pacific Ocean may be evidence of alien technology. A new report disputes the idea.

Be warned: Flights are getting bumpier

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Illustration of a plane tray table with spilled food.
Air turbulence is on the rise. And it's going to make flights a whole lot bumpier.

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A mysterious respiratory illness that infects dogs is spreading across the US. Here's how to protect your pooch, and what to do if you think they have it.

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One of the more severe symptoms to lookout for is lethargy.

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The USDA's new plant zone map shifts cities like Lansing and Omaha five degrees warmer and could change how you garden, including when and what you grow

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The 2023 USDA "plant hardiness" map shows some changed growing zones since the 2012 version.

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A supermassive black hole is actually losing energy instead of gobbling it all up, new research shows

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The first image of a black hole shows the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy M87.

Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration

The noise from pickleball courts is driving everyone crazy. Scientists are trying to come up with a solution.

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Pickleball player Catherine Parenteau plays in the Pro Women's Doubles division on November 13, 2023, in Dallas.

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From black gold to green power: Texas, weirdly, is leading America's clean energy future

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A silhouette of the state of Texas bears the state's flag. But instead the lone star on the flag is replaced by the rotor blades of a wind turbine. More wind turbines are in the background.
Texas is leading the way in renewable energy. But the battle against oil and gas is far from over.

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A Boeing 787 Dreamliner made history. It's the first of its kind to fly into Antarctica — landing on an icy runway with 45 passengers.

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The cabin crew standing in front of the Norse plane in Antarctica, where the Boeing 787 landed — the first time for this particular model.

Norse Atlantic Airways

I live next to an Icelandic volcano that's about to blow. I wanted to be closer to nature, but not that close.

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Grindavik residents Sigurdur Leosson and his wife are shown on the left, next of a picture of the inside of their home, which is threatened by a pending eruption.

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A Harvard professor claimed balls found in the ocean were alien tech. They may have just been industrial waste.

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Physicist Avi Loeb, right, is on stage with physicist Stephen Hawking and others, who are unrelated to this article, in New York in 2016.

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