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Hurricane Forecast Maps Are Getting Better – but One Big Problem Remains Hurricane

Hurricane Forecast Maps Are Getting Better – but One Big Problem Remains

Hurricanes are powerful tropical storms capable of producing destructive winds, storm surge, flooding, and tornadoes across large areas. Their impacts can extend far inland, making clear forecasts and timely preparation essential for reducing risk. Credit: Shutterstock Adding inland information improved recognition of hurricane watches but did not fully solve how…
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August 27, 2026
Manhattan-Sized Iceberg Breaks Off Greenland Glacier, and Two More Could Follow Greenland

Manhattan-Sized Iceberg Breaks Off Greenland Glacier, and Two More Could Follow

As summer progresses, one of the Arctic’s most significant ice-loss events has taken place in northwest Greenland. On Aug. 4, 2026, an approximately 30-square-mile chunk of ice, comparable in size to Manhattan, broke away from the Petermann Glacier. The event might have gone almost unnoticed if not for Europe’s Copernicus…
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August 27, 2026
Trump administration names Palestine Action a global terrorist organization Palestine

Trump administration names Palestine Action a global terrorist organization

Members of the public who support Palestine Action, which Britain named a terrorist group, protest in August 2025 in Parliament Square in London. The United States has now also classified the group as a terrorist organization and issued sanctions Wednesday. File Photo by Hugo Philpott/UPI | License Photo Aug. 26…
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August 27, 2026
Canadian supercomputers are transforming drug discovery: Can they deliver medicines faster? Putin

Canadian supercomputers are transforming drug discovery: Can they deliver medicines faster?

The traditional process of drug discovery is lengthy and complex. Scientists must identify disease-causing biological targets, design molecules capable of interacting with those targets, test thousands of candidates, and then determine whether any are safe and effective enough to progress into clinical development. It is an expensive undertaking that is…
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August 26, 2026
Zelenskyy awards Elon Musk Order of Freedom amidst Starlink disputes Volodymyr Zelensky

Zelenskyy awards Elon Musk Order of Freedom amidst Starlink disputes

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has awarded Elon Musk the Order of Freedom, one of Ukraine’s highest honours, in recognition of Starlink’s critical role in maintaining the country’s connectivity during the Russian invasion. The award acknowledges the satellite network’s capacity to provide high-speed internet in areas where traditional ground-based infrastructure has been…
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August 26, 2026
Tom Morello’s unique Arm the Homeless EMG combo gets a signature release for the first time: “This pickup has made fields of people bounce up and down over the last three decades” Homeless

Tom Morello’s unique Arm the Homeless EMG combo gets a signature release for the first time: “This pickup has made fields of people bounce up and down over the last three decades”

(Image credit: Joby Sessions/Future) Tom Morello has added an EMG pickup set to his ever-growing collection of signature guitar gear – and it brings the sounds of his most famous electric guitar into the hands of modders. The TM set marries an EMG 85 in the bridge with an EMG…
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August 26, 2026