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FloodMapp wants to predict where water goes before it washes away your home

Floods are devastating. They rip asunder communities, wipe out neighborhoods, force the evacuation of thousands of people every year, and recovering them can take years — assuming recovery is possible

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Using a plant's natural defences against viruses

06:45 There are at least 1,000 different kinds of plant viruses that exist in nature. They can wipe out large areas of farmland and pose a huge threat to agriculture.However, scientists

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Art of the party: The Battle of Loushan Pass

02:26 Chinese Modern and Contemporary artist Li Jinkun created this 11-meter-long Chinese painting in 1991. The scroll is composed of 19 screens.It depicts the fierce b

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The Art of the Party: Farewell on the banks of the Yudu River

02:03 Yudu County in southeast China's Jiangxi Province was the starting point of the Red Army's Long March from 1934 to 1936.This oil painting was created by Chinese a

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Philippine military plane crashes, 31 dead, 50 rescued

A Philippine air force C-130 aircraft carrying combat troops crashed in a southern province while landing Sunday, killing at least 29 army soldiers on board and two civ

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Bitcoin rallies after dropping below $30,000

Bitcoin recovered from a five-month low on Tuesday in a volatile session in which it fell below $30,000, extending losses sparked a day earlier. But its outlook remaine

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Plague of ravenous, destructive mice tormenting Australians

At night, the floors of sheds vanish beneath carpets of scampering mice. Ceilings come alive with the sounds of scratching. One family blamed mice chewing electrical wi

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Biden revokes Trump's order for 'National Garden of American Heroes'

The then U.S. President Donald Trump pumps his fist as he arrives for the Independence Day events at Mount Rushmore National Memorial in Keystone, South Dakota, U.S., July 3, 2020. /AFP U.S. P

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Biden recognizes atrocities against Armenians as genocide

Armenian honor guards attend a memorial service at the monument to the victims of mass killings by Ottoman Turks, to commemorate the 106th anniversary of the massacre, in Yerevan, Armenia, Saturd

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Houston Rockets CEO Tad Brown to resign: 'It's time to move on'

Tad Brown, CEO of the Houston Rockets. /CFP Tad Brown, CEO of the Houston Rockets, will step down after the 2020-21 season, announced Brown himself on Friday."It's time to move on, and it's ti

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How much do you know about the red imported fire ant?

A campaign has been launched in China to control the red imported fire ant, which is considered one of the most hazardous invasive species in the world. Nine government

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George Floyd: Teen witness 'apologizing for not saving his life'

02:11 She had walked to Cup Foods hundreds of times before May 25, 2020. That day, Darnella Frazier made a cellphone video that convulsed a nation: a recording of a white policeman kne

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A trove of imported console games vanish from Chinese online stores

In the world’s largest gaming market, China, console games play a relatively small part as their revenue has been meager compared to mobile and PC games for years — at least by the officia

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NBA highlights on Mar. 22: Clippers overcome 22 points to beat Hawks

Luke Kennard #5 of the Los Angeles Clippers shoots in the game against the Atlanta Hawks at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 22, 2021. /CFP The Los Angeles Clippers manag

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The toilet paper startup backed by Marc Benioff, Dara Khosrowshahi, and Robert Downey Jr. now sells paper towels

Cloud Paper, the startup whose bamboo toilet paper (and celebrity and billionaire backers including Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Marc Benioff, Dara Khosrowshahi, and Mark Cuban) made a splash l

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New clinical trial data from Locus Biosciences shows promise in CRISPR-Cas3 technology

Antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest potential threats to global health today. But Locus Biosciences is hoping that their crPhage technology might provide a new solution.Based in North Carolina

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Twitter defies Indian govt and refuses to remove more than 1,100 accounts over farmer protests

The social media giant says it has principles of "defending protected speech and freedom of expression".