Science
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Earth wouldn’t have ice caps without eroding rocks and quiet volcanoes
Antarctic ice on 1 Jan 2024 NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio Earth’s climate isn’t easy to cool down – especially if…
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Surprising fossils suggest early animals survived outside of water
Trace fossil of an animal that may have lived on a mudflat during the Cambrian Period Giovanni Mussini Animals living…
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Farmers used trash to grow crops in barren sand 1000 years ago
One thousand years ago, people along Israel’s Mediterranean coast dug deeply enclosed plots in the sand, filled them with 80,000…
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My Husband, the Cyborg review: Documentary-maker films the fallout as her husband opts to be a cyborg
Pre-implant couple Scott Cohen and Susanna Cappellaro getting married Strike Media My Husband, the CyborgSusanna CappellaroAvailable to buy digitally from…
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Dyes made by microbes could reduce the environmental impact of clothes
Pigment-producing microbes growing in Petri dishes Colorfix The colour in our clothes has many serious environmental consequences, from the use…
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Meet the man who single-handedly tracks every spaceflight mission ever
Jonathan McDowell with some of his extensive space archive MAX ALEXANDER Jonathan McDowell has been a load-bearing part of the…
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Images that capture our timeless obsession with the moon
A close-up photograph of an astronaut’s shoe and shoeprint in the lunar soil, photographed by Buzz Aldrin in July 1969…
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Giant megalodon sharks may have sparred with their jaws
Illustration of two sparring megalodons Clarence “Shoe” Schumaker, Courtesy of the Calvert Marine Museum Several fossil teeth from the giant…
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How the future rise of AI lawyers could force Big Oil to pay up
“Fossil fuel companies were never going to voluntarily admit to their role in the climate crisis”… An oil refinery at…
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Quantum batteries charge faster the larger they are
Quantum batteries could charge much faster than standard devices pinkeyes/Shutterstock An experimental but fully functioning quantum battery system may have…
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