A telescope tasked with making the largest-ever map of the universe has confirmed a harsh, if unsurprising, truth: Nothing lasts forever — not cold November rain, or even the cosmos itself.
Using a vast catalog of observations from the European…

A telescope tasked with making the largest-ever map of the universe has confirmed a harsh, if unsurprising, truth: Nothing lasts forever — not cold November rain, or even the cosmos itself.
Using a vast catalog of observations from the European…

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A new study has given new insights into people’s understanding of the environmental impact of the food they eat and shown that they often misperceive it, supporting the need for environmental impact labelling.
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Quantum satellites are used to send light particles from space to multiple ground stations to create ultra-secure communication links.
However, research conducted by a team of scientists from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) has…

Cambrian explosion or Cambrian radiation
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The Cambrian Explosion in which life on Earth underwent massive diversification was likely triggered by eccentricities in Earth’s orbit around our Sun. Or so say the authors of a new paper just…