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Scientists reveal how early Earth protected its water from destruction
Read More: Scientists reveal how early Earth protected its water from destructionEarth should have lost its water long before life ever had a chance to appear. Bathed in a young Sun’s…
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Hot Jupiter orbit patterns expose their secret past
Read More: Hot Jupiter orbit patterns expose their secret pastHot Jupiters, the blisteringly close cousins of our own Jupiter, were once treated as cosmic misfits. Now their orbital patterns…
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Firefighter gear may contain chemicals tied to serious health risks
Read More: Firefighter gear may contain chemicals tied to serious health risksFirefighters suit up to escape flames, but mounting evidence suggests their own protective gear can quietly expose them to chemicals…
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DNA from a 4,500-year-old skeleton reveals a hidden ancient fusion
Read More: DNA from a 4,500-year-old skeleton reveals a hidden ancient fusionBuried in the desert for roughly 4,500 years, the skeleton of a single Egyptian man has yielded a complete genome…
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NASA details plan to map the Milky Way with the Roman telescope
Read More: NASA details plan to map the Milky Way with the Roman telescopeNASA is preparing to turn the center of our own galaxy into a precision test bed, using the Nancy Grace…
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A 4,000-year-old find may crack what fueled a Bronze Age plague
Read More: A 4,000-year-old find may crack what fueled a Bronze Age plagueA single 4,000-year-old sheep bone, pulled from a windswept burial mound in Central Asia, is forcing scientists to rethink how…
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A neutron star just flared 100x, and scientists can’t explain it
Read More: A neutron star just flared 100x, and scientists can’t explain itA distant neutron star has abruptly erupted in brightness, surging to roughly one hundred times its usual output and leaving…
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Ancient DNA reveals when and how cats first left Africa
Read More: Ancient DNA reveals when and how cats first left AfricaAncient DNA is finally putting hard numbers on a mystery that has trailed humanity for millennia: when our most familiar…
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Brain scans reveal an internal “dial” that keeps you from getting lost
Read More: Brain scans reveal an internal “dial” that keeps you from getting lostHuman navigation turns out to be less like following a static map and more like tuning a control knob inside…
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Scientists found a hidden appetite control switch in the brain
Read More: Scientists found a hidden appetite control switch in the brainScientists are closing in on the brain’s internal circuitry for hunger, revealing a surprisingly precise “off switch” that can shut…
