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Ship Aims to Sample Deepest-Ever Life
A Japanese deep sea drilling vessel, Chikyu, recently set a new world record, by drilling down over 2,111 meters...
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Newfound “Tatooine” Alien Planet Bodes Well for E.T. Search
The discovery of the first alien planet with two suns — like the “Star Wars” world Tatooine — residing...
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Species Multiply as Earth Heats Up
Rather than kicking off the expected cycles of extinction, periods of warming in Earth’s history were accompanied by increased...
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Dinosaur Made Meals of Early Birds
Fossil evidence suggests a feathered but flightless dinosaur was able to snag and consume smaller flying dinosaurs, Canadian paleontologists...
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Building Blocks of Life Found Around Young Star
A team of astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has spotted sugar molecules in the gas surrounding...
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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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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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As NASA Explores Space, Dinosaur Prints Found in Own Backyard
At NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, some of the most brilliant minds in the world work to...