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After Kyoto
On January 1, 2013, the world can go back to emitting greenhouse gases with abandon. The pollution-reduction commitments that...
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New Age of Exploration in the Hunt for Extreme Life
A two-billion-dollar robot scoops up pale-red samples on the surface of Mars to search for chemical clues in the...
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Voyager 1 Enters New Region of Solar System
NASA’s long-running Voyager 1 spacecraft has entered a new region at the edge of the solar system and is...
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Mars Rover Detects Simple Organic Compounds
NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has detected several simple carbon-based organic compounds on Mars, but it remains unclear whether they...
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Origin of Intelligence, Mental Illness Linked to Ancient Genetic Accident
Scientists have discovered for the first time how humans — and other mammals — have evolved to have intelligence....
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Dust Grains Highlight the Path to Planet Formation
An international team of researchers studying the characteristics of the protoplanetary disk of the star UX Tauri A, have...
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‘The Particle at the End of the Universe’ Gets Real
Caltech physicist Sean Carroll makes the search for the Higgs boson a scientific detective story. At heart is the...
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5 Charts About Climate Change That Should Have You Very, Very Worried
Two major organizations released climate change reports this month warning of doom and gloom if we stick to our...
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Was the Grand Canyon Formed When Dinosaurs Roamed?
The awe-inspiring Grand Canyon was probably carved about 70 million years ago, much earlier than thought, a provocative new...
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Scientists Discover Frozen Organic Material on Mercury
Messenger spacecraft finds substances similar to tar or coal in craters on planet nearest sun