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TOPSHOT - This photograph shows the building of a painting company destroyed by a wildfire in a business park in Biscarrosse, southwestern France on July 28, 2026. The fire that broke out on July 23, 2026, near Biscarrosse in the Landes region of southwestern France has been "contained," France's President announced on July 27. The Landes de Gascogne forest, home to maritime pines and a vital "lung" for the timber industry, has seen 42,000 hectares burn near Bordeaux. Forests are catching fire all the more easily because European vegetation and soils have been very dry for monthsa drought exacerbated by climate change and recent exceptional heatwaves. (Photo by Philippe Lopez / AFP via Getty Images) PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP via Getty Images/Getty Images hide caption
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic on June 03, 2024 in Washington, DC. Fauci is expected to appear before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on July 29, 2026. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
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Most commercially available avocados are genetically identical, leaving them vulnerable to disease. Kevin Wann/Smithsonian Museum of Natural History hide caption
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One of the scientists shows the petri dishes in which they grow cells at the department of Genome Biology, Graduate School of Medicine. Osaka University, Osaka, Japan, August 7th, 2003.
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Physicist Desiré Whitmore teaches workshops to help teachers better communicate science. As part of that, Desiré uses optical illusions to explain how social blind spots come into play in the classroom.
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Physicist Desiré Whitmore teaches workshops to help teachers better communicate science. As part of that, Desiré uses optical illusions to explain how social blind spots come into play in the classroom. Scott Barbour/Getty Images for NGV hide caption
Physicist Desiré Whitmore teaches workshops to help teachers better communicate science. As part of that, Desiré uses optical illusions to explain how social blind spots come into play in the classroom.
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