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China hacked eight different service providers: Reuters

12th - Higher Ed
Hackers from China’s Ministry of State Security were found breaking into eight different computer service providers around the world, according to a Reuters report.
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Geologists claim iron snow is falling on Earth’s core

12th - Higher Ed
It is snowing iron at the Earth’s core because molten iron crystallizes in the outer core before the substance sinks downwards. <br/>
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Ocean Cleanup device redeployed to trap plastic in Great Pacific Garbage Patch

12th - Higher Ed
A floating device designed to trap plastic trash in the ocean has been upgraded in a second attempt to clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
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Learn to Move Your Scratch Sprite Part 1

9th - 11th
Begin to make your Scratch Sprite move.
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China’s single-use plastic ban explained

12th - Higher Ed
China will be implementing a ban on single-use plastics over the next five years.
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Saving ozone layer reduced climate change effects

12th - Higher Ed
A new study from the University of New South Wales has found that in addition to allowing the ozone layer to recover, the Montreal Protocol has also slowed the rate of climate change by up to 25 percent.
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Researchers convert banana cellulose into biodegradable plastic

12th - Higher Ed
According to researchers at Australia’s University of South Wales, banana growing can be a highly wasteful process with 88 percent of the plant being discarded after fruit harvesting. <br/>
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Rolls-Royce to build mini nuclear reactors in the U.K.

12th - Higher Ed
Rolls-Royce has announced that it plans to build small modular reactors and install them in old nuclear sites across the United Kingdom by 2029. <br/>
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Study triples estimates of people at risk of sea level rise

12th - Higher Ed
New research has found that rising sea levels will be more of a threat to the world’s coastal cities than previously thought. <br/>
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Water on Mars is disappearing faster than expected

12th - Higher Ed
New research by France’s National Center for Scientific Research suggests that water on Mars is evaporating faster than previously thought. <br/>
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Self-sufficient home allows residents to grow vegetables indoors

12th - Higher Ed
Shanghai-based Yang Design has unveiled a futuristic Green Concept House that has 150 square meters of living space. <br/>
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Moderna’s phase-1 trials show experimental coronavirus vaccine can induce immune response

12th - Higher Ed
U.S. biotech firm Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine has successfully triggered an immune response in all volunteers against COVID-19 during preliminary testing
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Smoke from Amazon fires could accelerate glacial melting in Andes

12th - Higher Ed
The fires burning in the Amazon rainforests are accelerating the melting of Andean glaciers <br/>
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Why you should put the toilet lid down before flushing: study

12th - Higher Ed
Researchers from Yangzhou University have shown that an uncovered toilet can eject infected aerosol droplets up to three feet, or one meter, in the air, according to a study published on June 16 in the journal Physics of Fluids.
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Futuristic new bridge unfolds like an umbrella

12th - Higher Ed
Researchers have demonstrated a futuristic bridge-building technique that allows the structure to unfold like an umbrella to the length of its span. <br/>
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Mystery astronomical object may be a ‘black neutron star’

12th - Higher Ed
Astronomers have found a so-called black neutron star that changes our understanding of both black holes and neutron stars.
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End of El Nino could bring active Atlantic hurricane season

12th - Higher Ed
The chances of an above-normal Atlantic hurricane season in 2019 have increased now that El Nino is over.
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U.S. to investigate nuclear waste site on Marshall Islands

12th - Higher Ed
The U.S. Congress is demanding an investigation into the Runit Dome in the Marshall Islands, which contains radioactive waste and is being threatened by rising sea levels.
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Clownfish have ultraviolet light vision: Study

12th - Higher Ed
A joint study from the University of Queensland and the University of Maryland has found that a particular species of clownfish is able to see ultraviolet light. <br/>
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Betelgeuse being dimmer does not mean supernova likely

12th - Higher Ed
Astronomers from Villanova University recently published an article noting that Betelgeuse in the constellation Orion has been significantly dimmer in recent months, leading some to speculate it could go supernova. <br/>
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The second attempt to find Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton’s sunken ship will begin next month

12th - Higher Ed
An expedition to find the wreck of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance will set sail to search the depths of Antarctica’s Weddell Sea next month.
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New Airbus prototype explained

12th - Higher Ed
Airbus unveiled a prototype for a new aircraft called MAVERICK at the Singapore Airshow on February 11. <br/>
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Children murdered, turned into mummies for aristocrats

12th - Higher Ed
Archaeologists in Peru have recently been finding the bodies of hundreds of children who were alive and kicking until they were turned into mummies.
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Toyota unveils plans for futuristic city in Japan

12th - Higher Ed
Danish architectural firm Bjarke Ingels Group has been commissioned by Toyota to build a prototype futuristic city called Woven City at the base of Mt. Fuji in Japan.<br/>