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Why is Finnish airline Finnair weighing passengers? A mechanical engineer explains.
Finnair plane on the tarmac in Poland.

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Why is Finnish airline Finnair weighing passengers? A mechanical engineer explains.

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Yes, the moon is shrinking. Here’s what that means for the planned Artemis III mission — and future lunar visits
A waning gibous moon.

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Yes, the moon is shrinking. Here’s what that means for the planned Artemis III mission — and future lunar visits

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Was a baby great white shark caught on camera for the first time? Northeastern expert explains why it could be major discovery 
A presumed baby great white shark in the ocean.

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Was a baby great white shark caught on camera for the first time? Northeastern expert explains why it could be major discovery 

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Could the Israel-Hamas and Russia-Ukraine wars escalate into World War III?
Smoke billowing from an apartment building in Ukraine that had been hit by a Russian missile.

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Could the Israel-Hamas and Russia-Ukraine wars escalate into World War III?

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The world could soon see its first trillionaire. But how to measure the net worth of the ultra-rich?
Elon Musk in front of a back and white vertically striped background at the opening of a Tesla factory.

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The world could soon see its first trillionaire. But how to measure the net worth of the ultra-rich?

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International Holocaust Remembrance Day is more important – and more complicated – than ever this year, Northeastern experts say
Silhouette of a man walking through the gate of a Nazi death camp in Germany.

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International Holocaust Remembrance Day is more important – and more complicated – than ever this year, Northeastern experts say

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Why the US doesn’t yet have ‘high-speed’ rail — and why that could soon change
Three Acela trains on tracks next to each other.

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Why the US doesn’t yet have ‘high-speed’ rail — and why that could soon change

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Gas prices are going down, but will they continue to drop?
Person about to put a gas pump in their cars tank, viewed from inside the fuel tank.

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Gas prices are going down, but will they continue to drop?

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In the Wild West of corporate space travel, humans could return to the moon. But does it bring diplomatic challenges?
CPLS Peregrine 1 launching for the moon.

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In the Wild West of corporate space travel, humans could return to the moon. But does it bring diplomatic challenges?

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Why are pedestrian traffic fatalities climbing in the US and not the rest of the world?
A crowd of pedestrians crossing a street.

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Why are pedestrian traffic fatalities climbing in the US and not the rest of the world?

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The physics of rapid ‘depressurization.’ Passengers on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 could have died if blowout occurred above 40,000 feet, physicist says
NTSB Investigator-in-Charge John Lovell examining fuselage plug area of the Alaska Airlines plane.

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The physics of rapid ‘depressurization.’ Passengers on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 could have died if blowout occurred above 40,000 feet, physicist says

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Homicides in US dropped by 12% in 2023, but country set a record for mass shootings, expert says
A person in a crowd holds a candle at a vigil at night.

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Homicides in US dropped by 12% in 2023, but country set a record for mass shootings, expert says

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