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A new 30-year analysis reveals that melting land ice is now the main force behind rising global sea levels. Researchers discovered that oceans rose about 90 millimeters since 1993, with most of the ...

With more Deutsch in it than Germany’s own song, Sam Battle’s synth banger Eins, Zwei, Drei might just give us a fighting chance Liam Kelly is a senior culture writer and covers the full sweep of arts ...

Focus on grand ideas is fine, but there’s a long way to get these ideas into orbit - even with Jeff or Elon’s resources You may have noticed a flurry of articles in the last few weeks which all ran ...

The worlds of professional sports and entrepreneurship are colliding this summer in Park City, Utah, where elite NFL athletes will meet with proven operators and vetted founders for three days of deal ...

An obituary of Tony Hoare, a pioneer and one of the greatest programmers in the early history of computing.

ON THE NIGHT OF THE APOCALYPSE, Ephriam Che was in his mud-brick house on a cliff above Nyos, a crater lake in the volcanic highlands of northwest Cameroon. A half-moon lit the water and the hills and ...