A week before what the Indigenous Krenak people now call “the death of the river,” they say they could feel it coming.  The birds stopped singing, the air grew heavy, and an unusual silence settled over their village in Minas Gerais, a southeastern Brazilian state where forested hills give way to the winding Doce River.  A mining dam owned by Samarco — a joint venture between Brazilian company Vale and Anglo-Australian giant BHP Billiton — burst upstream near the town of Mariana, unleashing a to

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November’s full beaver moon and the Southern Taurid meteor shower peak on the same day this week. Here’s how and when to glimpse them.

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Japan deployed troops Wednesday to help contain a surge of bear attacks that have terrorized residents in a mountainous region in the northern prefecture of Akita.  Reports of sometimes deadly encounters with brown bears and Asiatic black bears are being reported almost daily ahead of hibernation season as the bears forage for food.  Since April, more than 100 people have been injured and at least 12 killed in bear attacks across Japan, according to Environment Ministry statistics at the end of

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Three Chinese astronauts have been forced to extend their six-month stay in space over concerns their return ship may have been hit by debris, China’s space agency said.

Chinese astronauts’ return to Earth delayed over fears spaceship damaged by debris

The Baja Blast pie from Taco Bell arrived at the fast food chain on Thursday.

Taco Bell debuts its Baja Blast pie, and the reactions may surprise you

Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey created a new app called diVine after shutting down Vine in 2017.

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Customers send their telescopes to Starfront Observatories, where amateur stargazers can view the night sky unencumbered by artificial light.

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