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Bringing 100 million-year-old marine microbes back to life
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Bringing 100 million-year-old marine microbes back to life

100 million years ago – in the age of the dinosaurs, prehistoric microbes had been trapped in the subseafloor sediment. When they were brought back to the lab,...

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‘Rivers in the sky’ carrying warm air destroy precious Antarctic sea ice
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‘Rivers in the sky’ carrying warm air destroy precious Antarctic sea ice

Polar regions – where most global ice sheets are stored – are very sensitive to today’s global warming. As a likely consequence, intense atmospheric rivers –...

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Understanding super bright mysteries of the universe
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Understanding super bright mysteries of the universe

Observations of distant astronomical sources highlight what we know and do not know about the way our universe works. Among the mysteries of the cosmos are...

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Are you going places? Mapping unequal access to services and opportunities worldwide
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Are you going places? Mapping unequal access to services and opportunities worldwide

For 3.4 billion people living in rural areas, the size of nearby cities and towns and the travel time to reach them are critical. They affect the extent of...

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Leveraging Earth to study how water formed on ancient Mars
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Leveraging Earth to study how water formed on ancient Mars

Billions of years ago, Mars appears to have had abundant surface water. There is little, if any, direct evidence of the ancient atmosphere that helped make the...

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A missing ingredient in dark matter theories?
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A missing ingredient in dark matter theories?

Recent observations of 11 galaxy clusters reveal that cluster galaxies produce ten times more gravitational lensing effects than expected from cosmological...

4 min read4,265 views
Go with the flow: dams could have a far-reaching impact on fisheries in tropical rivers
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Go with the flow: dams could have a far-reaching impact on fisheries in tropical rivers

Dams can disrupt the life cycle of Amazonian fish, impacting the livelihood of local communities. By interviewing fishers from many communities located...

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Diversity may save wines from climate change
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Diversity may save wines from climate change

Today’s drastic global warming is threatening the agriculture of many valuable crops, including winegrapes. We propose a new approach to selecting winegrape...

4 min read4,451 views
Will we soon witness the first summer without Arctic sea ice in 130,000 years?
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Will we soon witness the first summer without Arctic sea ice in 130,000 years?

A new study explains how Arctic sea ice might have melted completely during the Last Interglacial (warm period) around 130,000 years ago and supports...

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Deep-sea mining may threaten microbial communities
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Deep-sea mining may threaten microbial communities

Deep-sea mining may soon become a new source of valuable metals, the important components of modern tech. It is becoming commercially viable, but what about...

4 min read4,542 views