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What’s the Most Climate-Safe Place in the World?
Illustration: Benjamin Currie/Gizmodo Giz AsksGiz AsksIn this Gizmodo series, we ask questions about everything and get answers from a variety…
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U.S. Traffic Deaths Spiked in 2020, Even as People Drove Less
Photo: Scott Olson (Getty Images) The covid-19 pandemic had a surprising effect on road fatalities in 2020, new data released…
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NOAA Moves Step Closer to Starting Hurricane Season Earlier
This combination of satellite images provided by the National Hurricane Center shows 30 hurricanes that occurred during the 2020 Atlantic…
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Israel Oil Spill Is Its Worst Environmental Disaster in Years
An Israeli soldier wearing a full protective suit holds a piece of tar from an oil spill in the Mediterranean…
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Check Out the Debris That Rained Down on a Colorado Suburb After a Plane’s Engine Exploded
Residents take pictures of debris fallen from a United Airlines airplane’s engine on the neighborhood of Broomfield, outside Denver, Colorado,…
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Chunks of United Airlines Plane Rain Down on Colorado Suburb
Huge metal chunks of debris rained down on a Colorado suburb Saturday afternoon after the engine on a United Airlines…
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Louisiana City Hit by Two Hurricanes Suffers in South Deep Freeze
On Monday night, the temperature in Lake Charles, Louisiana dipped to 14 degrees Fahrenheit (7.8 degrees Celsius), more than 30…
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Ebola Has Returned to Africa and Officials Are Racing to Contain It
The gates of the Matanda Hospital in Butembo, found in the North Kivu province of the DRC. The hospital is…
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Mercedes-Benz to Recall Nearly 1.3 Million Vehicles Over Glitch with eCall Emergency Locator
Photo: Tim Boyle (Getty Images) The U.S. division of Mercedes-Benz is recalling 1.29 million vehicles over an issue with its…
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