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Australia’s largest abortion services provider hit with Google ad ban
Search giant Google has blocked ads from the country's largest abortion provider, MSI Australia, for the last two weeks, claiming the ads violated its policies that are based on Australian law.But a version of the ads are likely to be allowed to go live after questions from this masthead, pressure from MSI and a review
DC to become largest US city to offer free bus rides to residents
The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare for the District of Columbia and other major cities that public transit was a lifeline for essential workers and that even modest fares could be a burden to them. So the nation’s capital is introducing a groundbreaking plan: It will begin offering free bus fares to residents next summer.Other cities
Today’s largest open ocean dead zone emerged 8 million years ago, study
The modern Pacific Ocean hosts the largest oxygen-deficient zones (ODZs), where oxygen concentrations are so low that nitrate is used to respire organic matter. Scientists have looked to the past for historical clues in trying to predict the scale and location of future dead zones. An international team of scientists reported in a new study
Largest US Marine National Monument Receives $2.6 Million in Funding
The Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument is set to receive a matched funding award of US$1.3 million for a total of $2.6 million from NOAA, the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the bipartisan infrastructure Law. The main goal of the funding is to tackle the issue of marine debris, and the funds should go a long way
Which animal has the largest brain relative to its body size?
Home News Lifes-little-mysteries A cross-section of a sloth's brain displayed in a museum. (Image credit: Jennifer Santolla via Alamy Stock Photo) If terms like "bird brain" and "harebrained" are any indication, animal brains present fascinating and diverse examples of one of the most complex organs known to science. Animal brains differ not only in overall…
BREAKING: RRR to have the largest release in IMAX for an Indian film in overseas markets; makers also planning paid previews in India on March 24
Less than 2 weeks remain for the release of RRR. The excitement is tremendous for multiple reasons. It is the immediate release for blockbuster director S S Rajamouli after the monstrous Baahubali series. The trailer is very entertaining and massy and it has indicated that the Jr NTR-Ram Charan starrer will be a full massy entertainer. As a…
Home News The Antonov AN-225 Mriya is the longest and heaviest airplane ever built. (Image credit: NOAH SEELAM/AFP via Getty Images) The world's largest aircraft, the Antonov AN-225, has been destroyed during Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian authorities said on Sunday (Feb. 27).The aircraft, named "Mriya," or "dream" in Ukrainian, was under repair at an…
The largest population of a rare, protected orchid found in a military base in Corsica
In Corsica, away from the eyes of locals and tourists, hides a population of unprecedented proportions of a rare and protected orchid: the neglected Serapias (Serapias neglecta). In a closed military base in the east of the island, researchers discovered 155,000 individuals of the plant. Globally, this orchid can only be found in the south…
Largest radio galaxy discovered 3 billion light-years away
The international team of scientists from Leiden (The Netherlands), Hertfordshire, Oxford (both UK), and Paris (France)- using the LOFAR telescope- has discovered the largest radio galaxy ever. The galaxy spans at least 16 million light-years and consists of the largest known structure of a pair of plasma plumes. Scientists named the giant structure Alcyoneus. Lurking…
Take a Look at The Largest And Most Detailed 3D Map of The Universe Ever Made
A 'CT scan' of the Universe across more than 5 billion light-years. (D. Schlegel/Berkeley Lab/DESI dataThe Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), currently pointed skyward from its home in the Nicholas U. Mayall Telescope at the Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona, is tasked with tracking the expansion of space, to study dark energy and create…