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Back to normal? Psychologists warn the pandemic could have lasting effects

Mental health professionals are ramping up their efforts to understand the pandemic's impact — and early findings are not encouraging.
Image: People wait in line to get a Covd-19 vaccine at the Broadway Junction subway station in Brooklyn on May 12, 2021.
Image: People wait in line to get a Covd-19 vaccine at the Broadway Junction subway station in Brooklyn on May 12, 2021.

Obama on UFO videos: 'We don't know exactly what they are'

The Navy has for years confirmed the legitimacy of videos from jet fighters that tracked unidentified objects.
The Late Late Show with James Corden airing May 17, 2021, with guest Former President Barack Obama.
The Late Late Show with James Corden airing May 17, 2021, with guest Former President Barack Obama.

How contagious is the coronavirus variant from India? What the science shows

While the B.1.617 may be more transmissible, research shows that current Covid-19 vaccines will provide strong protection.
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Energy agency: End new fossil fuel supply investments

The International Energy Agency set out 400 steps needed to transform how energy is produced, transported and used — including no investment in new fossil fuel supply projects.
Giant bucket-wheel excavators extract coal at the controversial Garzweiler surface coal mine near Jackerath, west Germany, on April 29, 2021.
Giant bucket-wheel excavators extract coal at the controversial Garzweiler surface coal mine near Jackerath, west Germany, on April 29, 2021.

Cicadas, rise: Insects emerge by the billions for monthlong mating frenzy across America

The insects are emerging from underground for the first time in 17 years to take part in a noisy, monthlong mating ritual.
Image: Cicada
Image: Cicada
4d ago

Mines were once the beating heart of eastern Ukraine. Now they are ticking time bomb.

“For now, the Nova mine is coping with the waters,” a former worker said. “But this is nature, it can’t be predicted.”
Image: Dmytro Bondar, 26, a miner of the Tsentralna coal mine, poses for a portrait after his shift in Toretsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine
Image: Dmytro Bondar, 26, a miner of the Tsentralna coal mine, poses for a portrait after his shift in Toretsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine
5d ago

China becomes only second nation in history to land a rover on Mars

The landing is a major milestone for China's space agency, which has advanced rapidly in just a few decades.
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5d ago

Water crisis deepens on California-Oregon line

Federal regulators shut off irrigation water to farmers from a critical reservoir and said they wouldn't send extra water to dying salmon or to wildlife refuges.
Image: Iron Gate Dam
Image: Iron Gate Dam
6d ago

Russia casts star for movie shot in space as it races to beat Tom Cruise, NASA

The Russian space agency, Roscosmos, announced Thursday that it had selected its crew to headline the film, which will be called "Challenge."
Image:  International Space Station
Image:  International Space Station

CDC officials made a breakthrough decision on masks. This is what convinced them.

The decision was guided by scientific evidence that the vaccines have played a major role in curbing both infections and transmission of the virus.
Mohammed Aliyu, left, and Henok Gemeda, right, style customers' hair at K Signature Slice Barber Shop on Lake Street in Minneapolis on July 13, 2020.
Mohammed Aliyu, left, and Henok Gemeda, right, style customers' hair at K Signature Slice Barber Shop on Lake Street in Minneapolis on July 13, 2020.

'We need to know': Covid vaccine trial launched for people with immune disorders

Millions of Americans have immune disorders, autoimmune diseases or have received an organ transplant.
Image: Vaccine needle
Image: Vaccine needle

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