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  1. Climate

    Half the world’s annual rain falls in just 12 days

    Climate change could shorten the time it takes for the world to receive half its annual precipitation from 12 days to 11 by 2100.

    By Kyle Plantz
  2. Archaeology

    Stone Age people conquered the Tibetan Plateau’s thin air

    Stone tools that are at least 30,000 years old suggest that people settled the high-altitude Tibetan Plateau earlier than scientists thought.

    By Bruce Bower
  3. Health & Medicine

    Around the world, reported measles cases jumped 31 percent in 2017

    While the number of reported measles cases has dropped 80 percent from 2000 to 2017, high profile outbreaks pushed the 2017 total up from 2016.