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  • Three-year heatwave bleached half the planet’s coral reefs: study

    A new study published this week showed that more than half of the world’s coral reefs were bleached between 2014-2017 — a record-setting episode now being eclipsed by another series of devastating heatwaves.

    The analysis concluded that…

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  • Scientists find a freezing cold “Earth”

    Scientists find a freezing cold “Earth”

    From NASA’s retired Kepler Space Telescope data, an international science team has found a candidate exoplanet that is similar to Earth but way cooler — even cooler than Mars. The candidate planet is called HD 137010 b.

    HD 137010 b is…

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  • Elephants have tiny whiskers on their trunks that work like sensors

    Elephants have tiny whiskers on their trunks that work like sensors

    Elephants can lift a heavy log and, moments later, pick up something as fragile as a tortilla chip without crushing it. 

    A new study suggests part of that finesse comes from a surprising feature: tiny whiskers on the trunk that are built to…

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  • Did Life Begin as Slime? Scientists Propose Novel ‘Gel-First’ Origin of Life Theory

    Did Life Begin as Slime? Scientists Propose Novel ‘Gel-First’ Origin of Life Theory

    Long before the first cell divided, before DNA carried genetic instructions, and before membranes enclosed the chemistry of life, Earth may have been coated in something far humbler: slime.

    Not the kind that oozes from…

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  • Penguins get front-row seats to rare Antarctic ‘Ring of Fire’ eclipse

    Penguins get front-row seats to rare Antarctic ‘Ring of Fire’ eclipse

    The first solar eclipse of the year will grace Antarctica, and only a lucky few will get to bask — or waddle — in its glow.

    Tuesday’s annular solar eclipse, known as a “ ring of fire,” will only be visible in the southernmost continent,…

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  • Astronomers trace a star's three-year infrared glow to black hole birth – Phys.org

    1. Astronomers trace a star’s three-year infrared glow to black hole birth  Phys.org
    2. Astronomers watch a massive star collapse into a black hole without a supernova  ScienceDaily
    3. Black hole is born with an infrared whimper  Physics World
    4. The Quiet…

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  • Pink rocks lead to the discovery of a massive structure in Antarctica

    Pink rocks lead to the discovery of a massive structure in Antarctica

    Antarctica looks like a clean white ice sheet from far away, but the important action happens deep down under the surface. There, the ice meets rock, water, and sediments. That contact zone controls how fast a glacier moves and how easily it can…

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