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The Sahara once had a lake 48% larger than the five Great Lakes combined, but Greater Chad disappeared about 5,000 years ago.
A representative image of ancient Lake Mega Chad contrasting with the dry deserts that now occupy the area (artificial intelligence…
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Were these polygonal cracks on Venus located on the sea floor?
View larger. | This is a region of cracks on the planet Venus, the second world away from our sun.…
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A radiation jacket tested on a NASA satellite could dampen the effects of solar storms, study suggests
Cape Canaveral, Florida – A protective jacket tested on a dummy during NASA’s first Artemis lunar mission could significantly reduce…
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NASA’s new artificial intelligence model can predict the regions causing solar storms 12 hours before they appear
NASA’s new AI model can predict solar storm zones up to 12 hours before they appear. Moneycontrol.com A new AI model…
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Two spacecraft create a fake 5-hour solar eclipse, revealing faster solar winds
Top line If you were lucky enough to witness last week’s total solar eclipse, you will have witnessed one of…
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They are 150 million years older than dinosaurs, look like a shark, have a tail like a rat, teeth like a rabbit, and sharp, venomous spines.
Deep in the ocean there is an ancient fish that glides by the flapping of its wing-like pectoral fins rather…
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A squid pulled from the stomach of a sperm whale during a 1955-56 Antarctic whaling expedition was ignored in scientific collections for nearly 70 years — until researchers realized it wasn’t just a new species, but an entirely new family of ocean squid that no one knew existed.
It turns out that preserved squid collected from the stomach of a sperm whale in 1955 or 1956 was much…
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The first agate found on Mars reveals a hidden geological history
A Martian meteorite has revealed something unusual: a previously unknown rock type containing garnet, the first time this mineral has…
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Elephant seal pups release PFAS while feeding
Northern elephant seal females and pups go through intense cycles of refueling and fasting. Thanks to the very fatty milk,…
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Structure of the pre-initiation complex explains CMGE biogenesis
Protein expression and purification HpaII methyltransferase (MH), ORC, Cdc6, Mcm2–7–Cdt1, DDK, CDK, (yeast-expressed) Sld3/7, Cdc45, GINS, (yeast-expressed) Pol ε, Mcm10, RPA,…
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