Countries from the United States to Uganda have passed legislation targeting gay and transgender rights since Pride Month last year.
Carl Natale
Web editor for SunJournal.com
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Here’s why this hurricane season could be unusually unpredictable
Seasonal forecasting is always difficult, but it’s even harder to predict which of the competing influences will win out in the months ahead.
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El Niño is coming; Why the world has braced itself
The arrival of El Niño could mean significant impacts worldwide, including a push toward levels of global warming that climate scientists have warned could be devastating.
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Rockport church pastor arrested on charge of sexually assaulting a child
The 36-year-old Union man also is on unpaid leave at a Sweetser adult crisis residential facility in Rockport.
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War in Ukraine accelerates global drive toward killer robots
The technology exists to build autonomous weapons. How well they would work and whether they could be adequately controlled are unknown. The Ukraine war has only turned up the pressure.
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How Russian and Iranian drone strikes further dehumanize warfare
As Russia’s war in Ukraine illustrates, the use of lethal automated weapons, or LAWS, can always be justified. Their ability to desensitize their users from the act of killing, however, shouldn’t be.
Posted inFood
Advice on on how to grill a juicy burger just in time for Memorial Day weekend
We may not agree on how we like to adorn our burgers, but we all want a patty that retains its shape and flavor, and remains juicy but doesn’t soak the bun.
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Where to observe Memorial Day events this weekend
Services are planned mostly for Monday.
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An inventor of direct air capture technology shows how it works
Klaus Lackner is finding new ways to cut the technology’s high costs and energy demand, and he’s about to launch the first ‘mechanical tree.’
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Carbon removal is where green investment should go
Net zero is unreachable without it. And forget about offsets. They’re mostly bunk.