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Asteroid 33 Polyhymnia is so dense it may actually contain elements never before seen on Earth, according to a new study
Researchers believe that an asteroid in our galaxy is denser than the densest element in the Period…
Grace Eliza Goodwin
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Parts of the Earth could be shaking from earthquake aftershocks that began 200 years ago!
Significant earthquakes seldom occur in isolation, typically followed by dozens or even hundreds of…
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Earth's inner core is more like a ball of butter than a solid metal sphere, a new study suggests
Scientists have long thought intense pressures at the heart of our planet froze atoms solid. It tur…
Marianne Guenot
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Global warming is rocking the world harder — literally!
A new study has found that climate-induced changes have been affecting the behaviour of ocean waves…
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A newly found ‘super’ Earth only takes 2.4 days to complete a year
That means where Earth takes 365.25 days to complete a year, this new super Earth does in less than…
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Wind is thawing Greenland, but also helping Antarctica retain its ice sheets somehow
Even if you leave the various glacier-laced mountains out of the equation, the ice sheets in Greenl…
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Google is the new IBM
Years of being one-upped on AI and cracking down on innovation turned the poster child for Silicon …
Hugh Langley,Lara O'Reil…
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Remnants of life in ancient rocks reveal Earth had a rich ecosystem 3.4 billion years ago
Researchers found chemical signatures in rocks that provided an unprecedented insight into the biod…
Marianne Guenot
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An invisible force surrounding Earth may be creating water on the moon
High-energy electrons in the plasma surrounding Earth may have helped generate water on the lunar s…
Marianne Guenot
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I moved to Finland after reading it's the happiest place on Earth. It's exceeded all my expectations.
Jorge Reyes moved to Helsinki from Colombia despite having never visited Finland. He'd read it was …
Pooja Amy Shah
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Earth's core may be coated in a layer of crystals created by water leaking from the surface: study
Scientists have long looked for an explanation for a mysterious zone in the outer core. Now some th…
Marianne Guenot
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Venus has Earth-like plate tectonics, indicating possibility of hosting life once
Venus, known as a scorching wasteland of a planet, may have once had tectonic plate movements simil…
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Microplastics floating through our clouds could soon start changing the Earth's rainfall and weather patterns
These minuscule plastic pieces have the potential to accumulate water, effectively creating clouds.…
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Extreme heat could make photosynthesis impossible for tropical trees and plants that may all die as a result, a new study found.
Extreme heat messes with tropical trees' photosynthesis, causing the plants to die, a study found. …
Maiya Focht
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Climate change was rampant in the ancient past. So how did our primitive ancestors survive?
The Earth was throwing an increasing number of climate tantrums over the past three million years, …
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A mysterious rock orbiting Earth appears to be a chunk of the moon that was blasted away by a meteorite
The discovery could rewrite what we know about potentially dangerous space rocks and help better pr…
Marianne Guenot
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Australia's rare pink-diamond mine formed from the clashing and stretching of continents, a new study found. The discovery could lead to more colorful diamonds.
Understanding how rare pink diamonds formed in Australia's Argyle mine could help gem hunters know …
Maiya Focht
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I've raised my child between the US and New Zealand. I've learned important lessons about 'fearless parenting' from my Kiwi friends.
I've been raising my daughter between the two countries for 18 years now. I've learned to be less o…
Barbara Dessart
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Good news for marine life? Study finds ocean oxygen levels remained high even as seas seared in the ancient past
Global warming-exacerbated oxygen loss from the oceans significantly stresses marine life. The ocea…
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J. R. R. Tolkien now shares his name with a mystical stream frog found in Ecuador — a country in the literal middle of the earth
The legacy of J. R. R. Tolkien, the author behind "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings," is bein…