WatchThe nonbinding referendum is the first time the oil-rich province has put separation to a public vote, and every recent poll shows voters overwhelmingly choosing to stay.
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A Hong Kong and Tokyo team recast high-pressure ice as a magnet, resolving a long-running question and predicting a rare sharp transition in spin-3/2 materials.
The deep ocean wave added six to eight inches before Tropical Storm Rachel's surge flooded Southern California in early October, and scientists expect another by late October or early November.
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NPR explains why results that look instant in some states take weeks elsewhere, and why election officials fear a fresh wave of conspiracy theories in the midterms.
Heidi Levine, an American photojournalist wearing a vest marked 'PRESS,' was beaten for more than 10 minutes in a West Bank olive grove; Israel's police and military have opened investigations.
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Two research aircraft gathered an unprecedented data set on pyrocumulonimbus storms, wildfire-fueled thunderclouds that spawn dry lightning, fire tornadoes and smoke plumes reaching the stratosphere.
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