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These findings highlight the overwhelming odds against discovering Earth-like planets that possess both plate tectonics and a nitrogen-oxygen atmosphere containing the right balance of oxygen and carbon dioxide.

"The overwhelming majority of Poles, from all political leanings, oppose the forced relocation of migrants to Poland," he wrote.

“It feels like such a huge job, it’s overwhelming, but we’ve got to start with policy. We want to implement policies that truly help now and the next generation.”

Hospitals already struggling under months of siege have been overwhelmed, with doctors treating the wounded on floors and in corridors.

He recalls being told by the Pakistani mullahs - who he thinks were more political and more extreme than those he had encountered in Afghanistan - that Muslims must prevail so that hardship would not overwhelm them.