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Microplastics panic? New study says major testing error fooled the world
Read More: Microplastics panic? New study says major testing error fooled the worldFor years, headlines have warned that our blood, brains, and even unborn children are riddled with microscopic plastic. Now a…
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How 1 venomous bite can wipe out animals 10x its size
Read More: How 1 venomous bite can wipe out animals 10x its sizeIn the animal world, power is not always measured in kilograms or muscle mass. A single, well placed venomous bite…
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Scientists recover full woolly rhino genome from wolf pup’s stomach
Read More: Scientists recover full woolly rhino genome from wolf pup’s stomachA mummified wolf pup that died in Siberia roughly 14,400 years ago has yielded a scientific first: a complete woolly…
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Congress saves NASA but leaves Mars sample mission to die on the shelf
Read More: Congress saves NASA but leaves Mars sample mission to die on the shelfCongress has handed NASA a rare reprieve, rejecting deep proposed cuts and approving a budget that keeps much of the…
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This awkward cosmic ingredient is forcing cosmologists to start over
Read More: This awkward cosmic ingredient is forcing cosmologists to start overCosmology’s neat story of a universe driven apart by a simple, invisible “cosmic fuel” is starting to fray. A growing…
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This 5,000-year-old relic shows mind-blowing, computer-grade precision
Read More: This 5,000-year-old relic shows mind-blowing, computer-grade precisionIn a glass case in Cairo, a 5,000-year-old stone disc carved from fragile schist looks less like a ritual object…
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Could life on Earth be alien? Scientists now seriously test starseed idea
Read More: Could life on Earth be alien? Scientists now seriously test starseed ideaFor more than a century, the idea that life might have arrived on our planet from elsewhere in the cosmos…
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Strange ‘iron bar’ found in space may be a preview of Earth’s fate
Read More: Strange ‘iron bar’ found in space may be a preview of Earth’s fateA strange strip of metal-rich gas in deep space is giving astronomers an unsettling glimpse of how worlds like ours…
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How marine mammal social lives turbocharge deadly ocean disease spread
Read More: How marine mammal social lives turbocharge deadly ocean disease spreadWhales, dolphins and seals live in tight-knit societies that rival primate groups in complexity, and those same bonds are turning…
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Northern lights could dazzle skies across US states: latest forecast
Read More: Northern lights could dazzle skies across US states: latest forecastSkywatchers across the northern United States are being handed a rare midwinter gift, with forecasters warning that auroral activity could…
