Science & Technology

Biden to suspend oil leases in Alaska’s Arctic refuge

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WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is suspending oil and gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as it review environmental impacts of drilling...

London school fights COVID fallout with laptops, bean bags

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LONDON — Nik Geraj’s voice fills with pain as he talks about how he struggled to help his daughter study during the coronavirus lockdowns...

Top journal editor to resign in fallout over racism podcast

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The embattled chief editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association is resigning amid a probe of his handling of a podcast on...

China reports human case of H10N3 bird flu, a possible first

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BEIJING — A man in eastern China has contracted what might be the world’s first human case of the H10N3 strain of bird flu,...

US seizes 2 domain names used in cyberespionage campaign

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WASHINGTON — The Justice Department said Tuesday that it has seized two domain names used in a cyberespionage campaign that targeted U.S. and foreign...

JBS cyberattack disrupts Australian meat production

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CANBERRA, Australia — Thousands of Australian meat workers had no work for a second day on Tuesday after a cyberattack crippled the world’s largest...

Donor’s concerns voiced before Hannah-Jones’ tenure stalled

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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — A major University of North Carolina donor whose name is on its journalism school voiced concerns about the school's hiring...

Facebook aims to prove VR’s popularity more than virtual

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NEW YORK — Virtual reality — computer generated 3D environments that can range from startlingly realistic to abstract wonderlands — has been on the...

Philly police officer fired over Facebook posts reinstated

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PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia police department has reinstated an officer fired in 2019 over Facebook posts saying among other things that refugees should “starve...

Boulders in place to protect lakefront at Indiana Dunes Park

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PORTAGE, Ind. — The National Park Service says the Portage Lakefront at Indiana Dunes National Park has reopened after a project to install boulders...