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• A powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.9. rocked the northern coast of Japan on Sunday (November 9). Fortunately, there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage, no anomalies at the two nuclear power plants in the area, and the tsunami warning level was downgraded after the earthquake.
• Health officials are investigating 13 cases of infant botulism in 10 states. linked to recalled infant formula.
• The launch of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket was scheduled for Sunday (November 9), but it was postponed until Wednesday (November 12) due to bad weather conditions. The launch will be the first big test of the rocket. NASA's first missionand a statement of intent from company founder Jeff Bezos against rival SpaceX.

Two weeks ago Patrick covered the news of several laboratory monkeys that escaped from an overturned truck in Mississippi who were allegedly sick and dangerous. On Friday evening we finally got the news that the last of these monkeys was tracked down after a report from a local resident whose the dog alerted her to its presence.

Five of the escaped rhesus macaques were killed by police, but authorities say the monkey was “successfully recovered.”

Good morning, science lovers! Ben here, back to another round of news about the latest scientific achievements from around the world.

While we're talking about pale blue dot which we call home is in distress due to human actions climate changehow is this speed approaches almost certain overshoot climate barriers installed by 2015 Paris Agreement. That's why delegations from 194 countries are meeting in Brazil for the UN COP30 conference, in another attempt to come up with better plans to stay within the agreement and phase out fossil fuels.

This year's conference promises to be especially controversialWith many leaders did not show up and the Trump administration, which has completely left the process.

How this conference will end is completely unclear: Brazil insists that this year's conference will be one of “implementation”resulting in countries focusing on what they can contribute to real impact, rather than striving for long-term, often unfanged, consensus. Whether this means that some countries can get away with very little contribution, and what can be done to counteract this remains unclear.

Ben Turner