On February 15, 2013, the people of Chelyabinsk, Russia, witnessed something terrifying. A six-story-tall asteroid weighing nearly 10,000 metric tons tore through the atmosphere at more than 64,000 km/h. Just 19 to 24 km above the city, it…
Category: 7. Science
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View Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Through NASA’s Multiple Lenses
This article was updated to include the full range of dates from the SOHO image.
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NASA is in the midst of an unprecedented solar system-wide observation campaign, turning its spacecraft and space…
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DENMARK UNVEILS “UNITED MINDS” SCULPTURE, HERALDING 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF NIELS BOHR’S CALL FOR GLOBAL SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATION
Groundbreaking Art Installation Celebrates the Power of Collective Discovery and Launches Open World Conference 2025
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Nov. 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — A State of Denmark and the University of Copenhagen…
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How do genetic association studies rank genes?
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Genome-wide association studies and rare-variant…
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For Australia’s marine life, “safe zones” from climate change may disappear within 15 years
A sign indicating a marine sanctuary near Torquay, Australia. The country’s marine protected areas are sited to conserve historical habitat for a wide range of species, but climate change is forcing many species to relocate to other regions.
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Complex Plumbing Dynamics for Kīlauea Volcano
Editors’ Highlights are summaries of recent papers by AGU’s journal editors.
Source: AGU Advances
The Hawaiian Islands formed through the Pacific plate’s movement over a relatively stationary, hot mantle plume, creating a…
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Parental monitoring can offset genetic risks for conduct problems in adolescents
Parents may have more influence than they realize when it comes to shaping their children’s behavior, especially for those at higher genetic risk for conduct problems, according to Rutgers Health-led research.
The study,…
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Behind every COP is a global data project that predicts Earth’s future. Here’s how it works
Over the past week we’ve witnessed the many political discussions that go with the territory of a COP – or, more verbosely, the “Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change”.
COP30 is the…
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Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS shines in new image captured after close pass by the sun (photo)
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS captured by astronomer Gianluca Masi on Nov. 19. (Image credit: Gianluca Masi, Virtual Telescope Project) Astronomer Gianluca Masi captured a spectacular image of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS on Nov. 19, as it raced…
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Rocks on Faults Can Heal Following Seismic Movement
Earthquake faults deep in the Earth can glue themselves back together following a seismic event, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of California, Davis. The work, published Nov. 19 in Science Advances and supported by…
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