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Two Alien Planets Found with Twin Suns
Astronomers have for the first time discovered two alien planets whirling around a pair of stars: a complete solar...
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Ancient Insects Trapped in Time
Roughly 230 million years ago, two mites and a midge got stuck in oozing resin from a now-extinct species...
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Earth Supports One-Third Less Life Than Thought
The total mass of life on Earth may be one-third less than thought, altering how active we think life...
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Simplifying Genetic Codes to Look Back in Time
Tokyo Institute of Technology researchers have shown simpler versions of the universal genetic code can still function in protein...
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Astronomers Find a Rare, Second Kind of Supernova
Astronomers have for the first time observed a nova-producing system turn into a supernova, a finding that indicates the...
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A Planet ‘Just Right’ for Life? Perhaps, if It Exists
What ever happened to the Goldilocks planet? It was big news back in September 2010 when a group led...
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Spacetime: A Smoother Brew Than We Knew
Spacetime may be less like beer and more like sipping whiskey. Or so an intergalactic photo finish may suggest....
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Link Found Between Cold European Winters and Solar Activity
Scientists have long suspected that the Sun’s 11-year cycle influences climate of certain regions on Earth. Yet records of...
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Environmentalism’s Biggest Challenge: Save the Arctic
This month we are expecting to see a record ice melt in the Arctic. But this is not a...
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Turkey Identified as Origin of Indo-European Languages
By using novel methods developed for tracing the origins of virus outbreaks, researchers say they have identified present-day Turkey...