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There’s too much uranium in India’s water, and nobody’s watching it
Groundwater depletion and nitrate pollution are problems that India is already familiar with…
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Earth And Moon 60 Million Years Older Than Previous Estimates: Researchers
The research was presented at the Goldschmidt Geochemistry Conference in California.
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Investment is pouring in as the hype around nuclear fusion grows
High-profile tech leaders are betting on nuclear fusion technology becoming a reality in the next d…
Lakshmi Varanasi
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These butterflies flew across the Atlantic Ocean, winging their way from Africa to South America!
The butterfly effect suggests that a butterfly flapping its wings in one part of the world might tr…
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Over 80% of prehistoric megaherbivores went extinct due to human activity and not climate change: Study
Recent studies have spotlighted the extinction or rapid decline of large mammals over the past 50,0…
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The mystery of how the moon formed is still puzzling scientists. The secret could lie deep within our planet.
Scientists have several theories for how the moon first formed. The leading hypothesis involves a m…
Marianne Guenot
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Trump's ex-national security advisor wants to restart US nuke testing. Nuclear experts warn that's not a good idea.
Robert O'Brien's call to restart nuclear weapons testing was met with resounding criticism from exp…
Chris Panella
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Global warming is changing the very way water is flowing through our atmosphere
As a result, some regions may experience more frequent and severe droughts, while others might see …
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All aboard the moon train: DARPA is trying to figure out how to build a lunar railroad
A concept for a moon surface railway is being developed, potentially transporting people, supplies,…
Marianne Guenot
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Earth's mysterious core appears to be leaking, leaving scientists baffled
The study suggests the Earth's core may be leaking helium, upheaving the belief that the giant ball…
Marianne Guenot
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The real Paleo diet was heavy on plants with very little meat, according to a study of early human remains
The study looked at the remains of ancient people buried in the Andean Altiplano of Peru about 9,00…
Marianne Guenot
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This ancient Gujarati city has stood strong against climate change for 2,500 years! Here's how they did it
It could be hard to picture a bustling metropolis in the middle of a semi-arid region battling cent…
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The science you should understand before seeing 'Oppenheimer'
From the definition of bosons to the difference between fusion and fission, we've compiled a list o…
Katie Hawkinson ,Jenny McGrath
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Bavarian boars may be radioactive because of truffles contaminated by nuclear weapon testing decades ago
Radioactive Bavarian boars eat truffles contaminated by fallout from both Chernobyl and nuclear wea…
Jenny McGrath
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Shells from Gujarat suggest that India’s lush monsoons might've helped attract several invaders in the past!
Periods of robust monsoons, translating to bountiful harvests, coincided with an upsurge in cultura…
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An 'artificial sun' achieved a record-breaking fusion experiment, bringing us closer to clean, limitless energy
WEST, a fusion reactor in France, broke a record for tungsten tokamaks with a 6-minute plasma. It's…
Jenny McGrath
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This high schooler won $10,000 because he saw a mysterious outbreak killing sea turtles in his Hawaii hometown and decided to do something about it
Hawaii's green sea turtles are dying from mysterious tumors. Maddux Alexander Springer spent 400 ho…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Ellyn L…
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How atomic bombs work and why Manhattan Project scientists designed two types of bombs during WWII
Atomic bombs work via nuclear fission. When enough radioactive material undergoes fission, it trigg…
Adam Barnes
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How coral reefs turn vegetarian to thrive in oceans low in nutrients
Coral reefs thrive in parts of the world's oceans that are low in nutrients. This mystery has puzzl…
PTI
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'Intellectually inferior' humans caused Neanderthals to go extinct, a new book claims
Neanderthals' extinction is one of the biggest mysteries about the species. In "The Naked Neanderth…