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In an eerie replay of a scandal that enveloped the United Nations Development Program, an internal audit by the U.N.’s World Food Program shows significant “lapses,” “anomalies,” and unexplained variations last year in the way the relief agency reported its financial and commodity management in North Korea. The holes in …

A group of researchers working at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have confirmed the existence of the superheavy element 114, furthering research in the field of nuclear science. The team, headed by Berkeley Lab scientists Heino Nitsche — who is also a UC-Berkeley professor of chemistry — and Ken Gregorich, …

It’s hot. Really, really hot. Temperatures hit triple digits all over the country this month, which could turn out to be the hottest July ever. So . . . what’s causing the heat? June was the warmest month ever around the world, with temperatures averaging 1.22 degrees Fahrenheit above average, …