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Why climate change makes a hurricane like Beryl more dangerous
MPR News· 20 hours agoHurricane Beryl is tearing across the Caribbean this week, unleashing life-threatening flooding and dangerous wind as it heads toward Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. Beryl has already racked up ...
The explosive history of fireworks, from ancient China to Revolutionary America
MPR News· 20 hours agoOn any July Fourth or New Year’s Eve, it’s common to experience the loud pop of a firework or see it colorfully explode into the sky and hang there briefly. Pyrotechnic amusements from sparklers ...
To save spotted owls, officials plan to kill a half-million of another owl species
MPR News· 20 hours agoTo save the imperiled spotted owl from potential extinction, U.S. wildlife officials are embracing a contentious plan to deploy trained shooters into dense West Coast forests to kill almost ...