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climate change, Microsoft, emissions pledge, results
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Microsoft’s Giant Climate Pledge One Year Later

Whowhatwhy Editors 01/29/21
sharks, ocean, population decline, extinction
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Oceanic Shark Populations Drops 71% Since 1970

Whowhatwhy Editors 01/28/21
climate change, greenhouse gas emissions, electric cars, Joe Biden
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Has the Electric Car’s Moment Arrived at Last?

Whowhatwhy Editors 01/27/21
Twitter, misinformation, fact-checking, crowd-sourced project
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Twitter Launches Crowd-Sourced Fact-Checking Project

Whowhatwhy Editors 01/26/21
Charles Darwin, flowering plants, mystery, new light
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Scientist Sheds New Light on Darwin’s Flowering Plant Mystery

Whowhatwhy Editors 01/25/21
elephants, conservation, count, space
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Elephants Counted From Space for Conservation

Whowhatwhy Editors 01/22/21
Joe Biden, Paris Climate Accord, climate changeThe author writes, “In one of his first acts in the Oval Office, President Joe Biden signed an executive order to have the United States rejoin the Paris climate agreement, the largest international effort to curb global warming.” Photo credit: Gage Skidmore / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 2.0)
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Biden Signs Order for US to Rejoin Paris Climate Agreement

Whowhatwhy Editors 01/21/21
CDC, new director, Rochelle Walensky, COVID-19
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New CDC Director to Make Sure Voices of Science Are Heard Again

Whowhatwhy Editors 01/20/21
climate change, air travel, commercial jets, green technology
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Greener Air Travel Will Depend on These Emerging Technologies

Whowhatwhy Editors 01/19/21
AI, humans, risk, control, study
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Humans Won’t Be Able to Control Artificial Intelligence, Scientists Warn

Whowhatwhy Editors 01/18/21
climate change, Bill Gates, solar geoengineering
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A Bill Gates Venture Aims to Spray Dust Into the Atmosphere to Block the Sun. What Could Go Wrong?

Whowhatwhy Editors 01/14/21
World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee, cyberspace, navigation
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Tim Berners-Lee, Father of the Web, Prepares ‘Do-Over’

Whowhatwhy Editors 01/13/21

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