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Fossilized tree rings

The history of the world is written in tree rings

Climate Change

Trees store information about climatic conditions in the rings they lay down each year. Dendrochronology — the science of studying these rings — allows scientists to learn about the ancient climate on Earth.

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Can helping men in Mongolia improve life for women?

Lifestyle
The new water-based process being used by some independent Mongolian miners can extract up to 80% of the gold from the ore and is much cleaner than processes using mercury or cyanide.

These Mongolian miners are making gold greener. Now they want their government to help.

Environment
A man walks on the roof of a traditional ger home while fixing the chimney of a coal burning stove on a cold hazy day on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

Mongolian nomads say goodbye to herding, hello to smog

Environment
A herd of endangered Przewalski's horses trot across the Takhin Tal National Park, part of the Great Gobi B Strictly Protected Area, in southwest Mongolia, on June 22.

Photos: Rare wild horses are making a stunning return to Mongolia

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Meet the new horse-headed, 35-foot-long, beaked Deinocheirus mirificus

Science

Some scientists are describing the newly discovered dinosaur known as Deinocheirus mirificus as freaking weird. How did a 35-foot long, omnivorous, horse headed, hump-backed, huge armed animal live?

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Hong Kong immigrants use Broadway show tunes to bring the democracy protests to Time Square

Global Politics

Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement is spilling out into city streets around the world. Take in the scene from New York.

The BP Amoco yard in Greenpoint, Brooklyn is one of the stops during The Poison Cauldron tour. Refining ceased along Newtown Creek in the 1960s, and today the name of the game is petroleum distribution from fuel barge fed tank farms like this.

Want to tour a toxic beach? ‘Anti-tourism’ explores the darker, dirtier corners of the world

Lifestyle

The latest trend in tourism doesn’t look like tourism at all. With the help of some adventurous tour guides, young urbanites are seeking out the world’s most unusual, gross and often dangerous locales.

The BP Amoco yard in Greenpoint, Brooklyn is one of the stops during The Poison Cauldron tour. Refining ceased along Newtown Creek in the 1960s, and today the name of the game is petroleum distribution from fuel barge fed tank farms like this.

Want to tour a toxic beach? ‘Anti-tourism’ explores the darker, dirtier corners of the world

Lifestyle

The latest trend in tourism doesn’t look like tourism at all. With the help of some adventurous tour guides, young urbanites are seeking out the world’s most unusual, gross and often dangerous locales.

A magnifying glass is held in front of a computer screen in this picture illustration. A Russian gang has stolen private information from 1.2 billion internet users around the globe in a new story published by The New York Times on August, 5, 2014.

A record Internet data heist can’t be fixed with a password change

Technology

A group of Russian friends have stolen private information from 1.2 billion Internet users around the world, but the public doesn’t know who was hit. We do know that it’s hard to say your password is safe — and changing it probably won’t help.

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