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Key findings: Analysis of OSIRIS‑REx samples from asteroid Bennu reveals simple sugars and a previously unknown sticky organic material dubbed "space gum." Researchers say these molecules are not evidence of li...
The Carreras Pampa site in Torotoro National Park, Bolivia, preserves a record-setting assemblage of more than...
Planetary defense has matured into a global system of telescopes, automated surveys and rapid analysis designe...
Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem used the LLG spin model to show light's magnetic field can e...
Researchers at Nelson Mandela University have discovered vertebrate footprints preserved in the Wankoe Formation — cemented dunes likely about 3 million years old. These are t...
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The Journal of Archaeological Research paper challenges the myth that prehistoric humans were chiefly meat eat...
The Cold Moon — December's full moon — will be a supermoon on Dec. 4, reaching perigee at about 221,808 miles ...
The U.S. Southwest has experienced about 25 years of exceptional dryness, with Colorado River reservoirs at record lows. A new Nature study analyzing 572 simulations from 12 climate models finds the Pacific Dec...
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Westview third-graders visited the Mobius Discovery Center on Dec. 2 for a hands-on field trip that culminated in a squid dissection. Under the guidance of Tiniya Dixon and te...
Researchers discovered a colossal communal web in a cavern on the Albania–Greece border built by more than 110...
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Researchers report a new method to improve human cell integration in animal embryos by disabling a mouse protein called MAVS, which reduces RNA-based innate immunity and allows human cells to compete and surviv...
This genomic study of nearly 2,500 mitochondrial DNA samples finds that the first humans reached Sahul—today's...
The study shows that anacondas reached an average length of about 17 feet (5.2 m) roughly 12.4 million years a...
This study finds that bioluminescence likely originated in the common ancestor of octocorals about 540 million...
The retreat of perennial ice in Norway's Aurlandsfjellet has revealed a 1,500‑year‑old wooden reindeer trap built from hundreds of logs, along with antlers, iron spearheads an...
The vampire squid, a deep‑sea cephalopod with features of both squids and octopuses, has had its genome sequen...
On Oct. 28 a van carrying 21 rhesus macaques overturned in Mississippi; five were shot by law enforcement, 13 ...
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Emmanuel Villermaux has derived an equation—published in Physical Review Letters—that predicts how fragments a...
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