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Riddle Me This, Riddle Me That: Who Can Explain the Glowing Green Bats?
Six species of North American bats emit a glow at almost identical wavelengths, according to a recent study.
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V-1 Missiles Once Terrorized Britain. Now They’re Home to Starfish.
Tons of toxic German munitions, dumped in the Baltic and North Seas after World War II, have become an unlikely refuge for marine life, a new study has found.
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China’s Pause on Rare Earth Controls: What to Know
China has suspended export controls announced this month, but was conspicuously silent about rules imposed earlier, which are snarling global supply chains.
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Trump and Xi, Hoping to Ease Trade War, Agree to 1-Year Truce
China agreed to suspend for a year some of its limits on exports of rare earth metals, while the U.S. halved its fentanyl-related tariffs.
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A Month Without Data Muddles the Economic Picture
Tariffs and uncertainty were already making the economy hard to read. The loss of government data during the shutdown has made the situation much worse.
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Help! Air France Lost My Fencing Gear and Won’t Pay for It.
A Team USA fencer out more than $2,700 faced months of maddening red tape and was even flagged by the airline’s fraud department in his pursuit of a reimbursement.
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Candy Companies Are Quietly Cutting Down on Cocoa to Save Money
As climate change has helped push cocoa prices higher, companies are changing candy recipes in subtle ways.
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Trump and Xi Ease Off the Trade War, but New Nuclear Threat Brings a Chill
The two leaders reached an agreement on fentanyl, some tariffs and rare earths, at least for a year. But even as the global trade picture cleared a little, Mr. Trump spurred new worries about nuclear proliferation.
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Andrew Cuomo, Scraping and Scrambling, Is Still Running as Andrew Cuomo
The former governor, a distant second in most polls of the New York City mayor’s race, is working harder to attract voters and remind them who he is.
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Trump’s Search for Eternity: Heaven? Maybe Not, He Says. Monuments? Absolutely.
After a lifetime of scandal, the president expresses doubt that he will be admitted to paradise. But he appears increasingly intent on finding other paths to eternity.