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cropped First snapshots of trapped CO2 molecules shed new light on carbon capture

First snapshots of trapped CO2 molecules shed new light on carbon capture

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Scientists from the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have taken the first images of carbon dioxide molecules within a...
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What made humans ‘the fat primate’?

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Blame junk food or a lack of exercise. But long before the modern obesity epidemic, evolution made us fat too. "We're the fat primates," said...
cropped The ancient history of Neanderthals in Europe

The ancient history of Neanderthals in Europe

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Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, have retrieved nuclear genome sequences from the femur of a male Neanderthal...
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A new normal: Study explains universal pattern in fossil record

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Throughout life's history on earth, biological diversity has gone through ebbs and flows—periods of rapid evolution and of dramatic extinctions. We know this, at...
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Atomic motion captured in 4-D for the first time

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Everyday transitions from one state of matter to another—such as freezing, melting or evaporation—start with a process called "nucleation," in which tiny clusters of...
cropped Why your foot calluses might be good for you

Why your foot calluses might be good for you

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Before you take a pumice stone to your foot calluses just because they're unsightly, you might want to consider the idea that they are...
cropped Big birds Giant 1000 pound birds once roamed around Europe

Big birds: Giant, 1,000-pound birds once roamed around Europe

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Talk about your big bird. At 1,000 pounds and over 10 feet tall, it was one of the largest birds that ever lived in Earth's...
cropped Damage to the ozone layer and climate change forming feedback loop

Damage to the ozone layer and climate change forming feedback loop

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Increased solar radiation penetrating through the damaged ozone layer is interacting with the changing climate, and the consequences are rippling through the Earth's natural...
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How octopus arms make decisions

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Researchers studying the behavior and neuroscience of octopuses have long suspected that the animals' arms may have minds of their own. A new model being...
cropped Researchers discover more than 50 lakes beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet

Researchers discover more than 50 lakes beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet

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Researchers have discovered 56 previously uncharted subglacial lakes beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet bringing the total known number of lakes to 60. Although these lakes...
cropped New research identifies Fukushima reactor material in environment

New research identifies Fukushima reactor material in environment

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Through the analysis of specific fallout particles in the environment, a joint UK-Japan team of scientists has uncovered new insights into the sequence of...