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Forerunner’s Eurie Kim and Oura’s Harpreet Rai discuss betting on consumer hardware

There’s a stark contrast between Oura’s deck and the others we pored through on Extra Crunch Live. The slides CEO Harpreet Rai brought to the event were the clear output of a more mature and confident

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Fitness ring maker Oura raises $100M

It’s been a wild couple of years for Oura. Last year, in particular, proved to be a major driver for the wearable fitness manufacturer. With the pandemic bringing professional sports to a screeching h

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Wolong National Nature Reserve extracts DNA from panda droppings

00:53 The number of wild giant pandas in Wolong National Nature Reserve in southwest China's Sichuan Province has increased from 104 to 149, due to the use of traceabil

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Madagascar edges closer to famine, UN food agency appeals for aid

A mother waits to receive food for her child in drought-affected southern Madagascar. /WFP An unrelenting drought in southern Madagascar, an island State off the East African coast in the Indi

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mRNA vaccines: Pros and cons

A vial of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. /Getty Editor's note: Dennis Etler is a current affairs commentator who holds a doctorate in anthropology from the University of California, Berkley. He con

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COVID-19 lockdown slows snowmelt in Indus River Basin

A dramatic decline in emissions during the COVID-19 lockdown dropped the accumulation of harmful pollutants in the Indus River Basin, resulting in clean water and reduced snowmelt.Extensive emissi

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Investors eat up Orbillion Bio’s plans for lab-grown wagyu beef, elk, and bison

Orbillion Bio’s plans to make high end meats in a lab have investors lining up for a seat at the company’s cap table.Mere weeks after launching from Y Combinator’s famous accelerator

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Scientists investigating whether rats could infect humans with COVID, official documents reveal

Government documents show 70% of England's population are currently having their sewage monitored for COVID.

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Thousands of flamingos fly over Turkey's Sel Kapani Dam Lake

Sel Kapani Dam Lake, located in Golbasi district of Ankara, Turkey, draws attention with its migratory bird species. The lake is home to many species, including flamingos.Flamingos are a type of wadi

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Wild elephants wander into a village in SW China's Yunnan

01:02 A herd of 17 wild elephants wandered into a village and foraged in villagers' houses in Yinyuan Town of Yuanjiang Hani, Yi and Dai Autonomous County, Yunnan Provi

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Crabapple trees flower in Beijing

Kelsey crabappletrees are a sight for sore eyes in spring. Their rose-red petals give out a light fragrance. The flowers bloom in spring before leaves appear. After flo

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Enter the botanist paradise in Xinjiang

04:17 Volunteer Yang Zongzong's mission is to find and catalog every plant species in the northern part of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. So far, he has gathered 10,

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Soona raises $10.2M to make remote photo and video shoots easy

Soona, a startup aiming to satisfy the growing content needs of the e-commerce ecosystem, is announcing that it has raised $10.2 million in Series A funding led by Union Square Ventures.When I wrote a

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Rare wild animals captured out and about on China's Mount Emei

00:53 Infrared cameras installed at the Golden Summit, the peak of Mount Emei in southwest China's Sichuan Province, have captured footage of rare wild animal species,

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H5N6 bird flu reported in wild birds in NE China

Staff disinfecting a forest park where an H5N6 bird flu outbreak took place, Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, northeast China. /CMGAn H5N6 bird flu outbreak was report

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Startup Alley at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 is filling up fast. Apply today.

Startup Alley — the very name conjures up images of early-stage startups demonstrating game-changing products, platforms and services to thousands of Disrupt attendees and industry influencers. It’s w

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She Power: Discovering oneself through nature

Yao Songqiao is the founder of Wild Bound, an institution dedicated to raising awareness about nature. She was the first from China to join Homeward Bound, the largest-