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Hubble fortuitously discovers a new galaxy in the cosmic neighbourhood

Hubble fortuitously discovers a new galaxy in the cosmic neighbourhood

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Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to study some of the oldest and faintest stars in the globular cluster NGC 6752 have made...
Endangered sharks being eaten in UK

Endangered sharks being eaten in UK

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Endangered species of hammerhead and dogfish are among the sharks being sold as food in the UK, researchers have revealed. University of Exeter scientists sampled...
Study finds billion year superocean cycles in Earths history

Study finds billion-year superocean cycles in Earth’s history

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Curtin researchers believe that ancient supercontinents formed and then fell apart through alternating cycles spanning hundreds of millions of years that involved superoceans being...
Graphene crinkles can be used as molecular zippers

Graphene crinkles can be used as ‘molecular zippers’

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A clever use of non-science engineering data from NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has let a team of researchers, including an Arizona State University graduate...
Iguana sized dinosaur cousin discovered in Antarctica

Iguana-sized dinosaur cousin discovered in Antarctica

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250 million years ago, it was covered in forests and rivers, and the temperature rarely dipped below freezing. It was also home to diverse...
Huge cavity in Antarctic glacier signals rapid decay

Huge cavity in Antarctic glacier signals rapid decay

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A gigantic cavity—two-thirds the area of Manhattan and almost 1,000 feet (300 meters) tall—growing at the bottom of Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica is...
Study says seas may be rising faster than thought

Study says seas may be rising faster than thought

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A new Tulane University study questions the reliability of how sea-level rise in low-lying coastal areas such as southern Louisiana is measured and suggests...
Genes behind lager yeasts cold and sugar loving success revealed

Genes behind lager yeast’s cold- and sugar-loving success revealed

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Lager beer is cold, crisp, dry—and worth about half a trillion dollars worldwide. Behind the world's most popular alcoholic beverage is a yeast adapted to...
Goodbye to a beauty in the night sky

Goodbye to a beauty in the night sky

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For over a century and a half, Eta Carinae has been one of the most luminous – and most enigmatic – stars of the...
Extreme rainfall events are connected across the world

Extreme rainfall events are connected across the world

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An analysis of satellite data has revealed global patterns of extreme rainfall, which could lead to better forecasts and more accurate climate models. Extreme rainfall—defined...
How does a quantum particle see the world

How does a quantum particle see the world?

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Researchers at the University of Vienna study the relevance of quantum reference frames for the symmetries of the world According to one of the most...