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…
Category: 7. Science
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Earth on Track to Become Uninhabitable, Scientists Say
Surprise, surprise: all that climate stuff scientists have been warning us about is coming back to bite us. And by us, of course, we mean all of humanity.
As reported by the Guardian, scientists just published a warning that Earth is…
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Mars’ Youngest Volcanoes Are Far More Complex Than Scientists Thought – SciTechDaily
- Mars’ Youngest Volcanoes Are Far More Complex Than Scientists Thought SciTechDaily
- Mars Volcanoes Erupted When Dinosaurs Walked Earth Study Finds
- Scientists Just Made a Stunning New Discovery About Mars’ Volcanoes The Daily Galaxy
- Mars’…
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In a first, study links maternal genes to risk of pregnancy loss
A new study is the first to identify genetic variants linked with chromosomal abnormalities that can lead to pregnancy loss.
About half of pregnancy losses in the first trimester are caused by aneuploidy, a condition in which cells have an…
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The Center of Our Galaxy May Not Be a Black Hole – SciTechDaily
- The Center of Our Galaxy May Not Be a Black Hole SciTechDaily
- Could the Milky Way galaxy’s supermassive black hole actually be a clump of dark matter? Space
- ‘Dark matter, not a black hole, could power Milky Way’s heart’ The Royal Astronomical…
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Northern Lights Forecast: Aurora Could Be Visible In These States On Valentine’s Day – Forbes
- Northern Lights Forecast: Aurora Could Be Visible In These States On Valentine’s Day Forbes
- Northern lights alert on Valentine’s Day: How, where & best time to watch auroras The News International
- This Spring Could Be One of the Best Times to…
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This hair-thin carbon fiber moves on its own when voltage is applied
In laboratories around the world, scientists have long dreamed of building machines so small that they could grip, bend, and move objects thinner than a strand of hair. However, controlling something so tiny precisely and reversibly has been a…
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‘Runaway’ black hole detected by the James Webb telescope adds a strange new chapter to our universe’s story
Last year, astronomers were fascinated by a runaway comet passing through our solar system from somewhere far beyond. It was moving at around 68 kilometres per second, just over double Earth’s speed around the Sun.
Imagine if it had been…
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Brain inspired machines are better at math than expected
Computers designed to mimic the structure of the human brain are showing an unexpected strength. They can solve some of the demanding mathematical equations that lie at the heart of major scientific and engineering problems.
In a study published…
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Over half of world’s coral reefs are bleached; ‘irreversible’ damage warned: study
A new study recently released found more than half the world’s coral reefs are bleached because of ocean warming.
Data from more than 15,000 reefs globally analyzed by a team of scientists over a three-year period found 51% of…
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