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Business

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern are in merger talks to create North America’s largest railroad

The merger discussions began during the first quarter of this year, according to a person familiar with the talks who…

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Travel

Travel + Leisure Readers’ Favorite Cities and Islands in Australia, New Zealand, and the South Pacific of 2025

In what other part of the world do global cities and remote island nations have such strong ties? The vast,…

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Science

Pacific island wildlife refuge spared from SpaceX rocket project

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Johnston Atoll, an unincorporated US territory…

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An abandoned ship full of EVs is burning in the Pacific 

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. A cargo ship transporting 3,000 cars…

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Food & Drink

6 Pacific Northwest Ice Cream Shops With Must-Try Local Flavors

Ever since readily available ice arrived in Seattle in 1872, ice cream “saloons” gave those in the Pacific Northwest a…

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Travel

California’s Iconic Pacific Coast Highway Reopens Today After Wildfire Damage

The Pacific Coast Highway between Santa Monica and Malibu has reopened for traffic today. The section of the highway had…

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Science

Enormous boulder washed inland a sign of Pacific tsunami history

Analysis has shown a boulder weighing almost 1,200 tonnes in Tonga is one of the largest known wave-transported rocks in…

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Food & Drink

Pacific Meridian recalls garlic powder because of metal contamination

Pacific Meridian Group, LLC, of Oakland, CA, is recalling 175,000 lbs. of its Gold Garlic Powder Irradiated because of potential…

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Science

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch isn’t a just a floating trash pile

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Azure waves lapping against huge piles of built-up junk. Garbage mountains rising above the…

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Science

Pacific island water security requires new approach

Hydrology experts at Flinders University are calling for urgent investigations into the operation of bore-fields that access fresh groundwater on…

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