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Researchers determine the six attributes that make somebody cool — do you have them?
New York Post
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July 1, 2025
Researchers have scientifically defined coolness. The idea of coolness might seem subjective, but international researchers have revealed that there is a nearly-universal consensus on what it means to be hip. “The meaning of cool has crystallized...
Scientists define six traits that make a person ‘cool’ – and they transcend borders
The Independent
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July 2, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Scientists trace leprosy’s roots in South America back 4,000 years
Medical News
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July 2, 2025
By sequencing 4,000-year-old genomes, scientists reveal that leprosy was entrenched in South America millennia before Europeans arrived, reshaping our understanding of its origins and spread. Study: 4,000-year-old Mycobacterium lepromatosis...
NASA's Telescope In Chile Makes New Stunning Interstellar Discovery Headed Our Way At 37 Miles Per Second
The Travel
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July 7, 2025
NASA continues to make stunning discoveries. They just confirmed a cosmic superstorm blasting from a black hole. We also saw NASA identify a U.S. volcano that was "Ready To Rumble." This was regarding Alaska's Iliamna Volcano. Given its 100-mile...
Teenager detained by Chile after unauthorized flight to Antarctica
AeroTime News
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July 7, 2025
A 19-year-old private pilot was arrested by Chilean authorities in Antarctica after an authorized flight to the frozen continent. The pilot in question is Ethan Guo, a US national, who is completing a charity challenge that involves flying solo...
Chilean Communist Jeannette Jara wins left’s presidential primary, will battle pro-Pinochet candidates
People's World
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June 30, 2025
Jeannette Jara, candidate of the Communist Party of Chile, embraces supporters on primary election day. | Esteban Felix / AP Voters in the presidential primary of the Unity for Chile (Unidad por Chile) coalition have selected the Communist Party’s...
Scientists detect a rare slow-motion earthquake along Japan’s tsunami fault
Earth.com
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Far beneath the Pacific, where the Philippine Sea Plate dives under Japan, researchers have finally caught a peculiar kind of earthquake in the act. Instead of lurching violently, the shallow end of the Nankai Trough crept for weeks, shifting only...
Chile Focuses on Solar and Storage as Generation Capacity Expands
Power Magazine
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July 1, 2025
Chile is rapidly moving to build more power generation capacity, with much of that effort focused on renewable energy resources and battery energy storage systems (BESS). The country as part of that ambition has a goal of producing at least 70% of...
Summer's swims make Prince George referee a world-record witness
Prince George Citizen
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July 19, 2025
Internationally accredited swim official Larry Chrobot on short list for Swim Canada assignments When Canadian swimmer Summer McIntosh came up four-tenths of a second shy of setting the world record in the 200-metre butterfly last month at the...
Big Boi, Mariah The Scientist and more to headline MLB All-Star Celebrity Softball Game
FOX 5 Atlanta - Georgia
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Rapper Big Boi reacts after throwing out the first pitch prior to the game between the Atlanta Braves and the Philadelphia Phillies at Truist Park on May 25, 2023, in Atlanta. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) ATLANTA - The countdown to the...
U.N. council votes to keep researching anti-LGBTQ abuses despite U.S. U-turn
NBC News
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July 7, 2025
GENEVA — The U.N. Human Rights Council voted on Monday to renew the mandate of an LGBTQ rights expert, a move welcomed by advocates amid the absence of the United States, a former key supporter that is now rolling back such protections. Western...
Science CNN He’s searching for a human-made problem in areas largely untouched by humans. Answers are just emerging
Yahoo News
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Crouched low in one of the coldest, remotest places on Earth, polar explorer Alan Chambers searched for an invisible threat. Traveling with fellow former Royal Marine Dave Thomas, he had spent two long months skiing 715 miles (1,151 kilometers) —...
China is the Driving Force Behind More, Newer Renewable Energies in Latin America
Inter Press Service
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July 18, 2025
Development & Aid, Economy & Trade, Editors' Choice, Energy, Featured, Globalisation, Green Economy, Headlines, Latin America & the Caribbean, TerraViva United Nations, Trade & Investment Energy The Cauchari Solar Plant in Jujuy, Argentina,...
Russian adventurer Konyukhov to sail across Pacific to study microplastics
TASS
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July 18, 2025
KAZAN, July 18. /TASS/. Celebrated Russian adventurer Fyodor Konyukhov plans to cross the Pacific Ocean onboard a specially-designed single-sail raft in 2026. The voyage will be part of a project to explore garbage patches in the Pacific, Indian,...
UN council votes to keep researching abuses for LGBT people despite US U-turn
The Gazette - Colorado
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By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. Human Rights Council voted on Monday to renew the mandate of an LGBT rights expert, a move welcomed by advocates amid the absence of the United States, a former key supporter that is now rolling back such...
Chile launches national AI Supercomputing Hub
Sada Elbalad
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June 30, 2025
Mon 30 Jun 2025 | 07:22 PM The University of Chile will lead a coalition of 65 national institutions in launching the Supercomputing Laboratory for Artificial Intelligence (SCAI-Lab). This is reported by Cronica Digital, a partner of TV BRICS. TV...
Hindustan Copper scouting for copper, critical mineral assets in India and overseas; eyes Chile for global push
ETEnergyworld.com
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July 7, 2025
New Delhi: State-owned Hindustan Copper Ltd (HCL) is ramping up efforts to expand its presence in copper and critical mineral exploration, both in India and globally, amid growing demand for strategic metals. The company has formed a dedicated...
Video: Flau'jae Johnson's mom Kia Brooks showcases her youngest son getting attention during the FIBA Women's AmeriCup in Chile
Sportskeeda
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July 6, 2025
Kia Brooks, the mother of LSU basketball star Flau'jae Johnson, shared a lighthearted video on Instagram, showing her youngest son, Aythan, receiving unexpected attention during their visit to Santiago, Chile, for the FIBA Women's AmeriCup. In the...
Wimbledon briefing: Day seven recap, Monday order of play and technology woe
Express & Star
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July 7, 2025
British singles hopes at Wimbledon rest on Cameron Norrie after his gruelling five-set win followed Sonay Kartal’s defeat on Sunday. Kartal’s loss to Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova included an embarrassing malfunction of Wimbledon’s new...
Scientists crack the code of coolness
FOX 28 - Washington State
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June 30, 2025
By Stephen Beech Cool is cool wherever you are or whatever the language, suggests new research. Cool personality traits are surprisingly similar across different cultures around the world, say scientists. People in at least a dozen countries agree...