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Scientists discover unpredicted stellar black hole

Scientists discover unpredicted stellar black hole

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An international team headed by Professor LIU Jifeng of the National Astronomical Observatory of China of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC) spotted a...
Nine climate tipping points now active warn scientists

Nine climate tipping points now ‘active,’ warn scientists

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More than half of the climate tipping points identified a decade ago are now "active", a group of leading scientists have warned. This threatens the...
New Cretaceous mammal fossil sheds light on evolution of middle ear

New Cretaceous mammal fossil sheds light on evolution of middle ear

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Researchers from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH)...
Worlds oldest comma shrimp was way ahead of the curve

World’s oldest comma shrimp was way ahead of the curve

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Scientists have discovered the world's oldest "comma" shrimp, a tiny crustacean shaped like its punctuation namesake. The 90-million-year-old creature fills in a major evolutionary gap...
Evidence for anisotropy of cosmic acceleration

Evidence for anisotropy of cosmic acceleration

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The observed acceleration of the Hubble expansion rate has been attributed to a mysterious "dark energy" which supposedly makes up about 70% of the...
A fifth fundamental force could really exist but we havent found it yet

A fifth fundamental force could really exist, but we haven’t found it yet

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The universe is governed by four fundamental forces: gravity, electromagnetism and the strong and weak nuclear forces. These forces drive the motion and behavior...
Space travel can make the gut leaky scaled

Space travel can make the gut leaky

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Bacteria, fungi, and viruses can enter our gut through the food we eat. Fortunately, the epithelial cells that line our intestines serve as a...
Prayers can crowd out donations for disaster victims

Prayers can crowd out donations for disaster victims

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People who offer prayers for victims of natural disasters may be less likely to donate to those victims, according to research by a University...
Chemists create molecule that can help treat heart disease and detect viruses

Chemists create molecule that can help treat heart disease and detect viruses

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RUDN University chemists together with colleagues from the Chemnitz University of Technology (Germany) have synthesized the first chemical receptor that can effectively bind to...
Theorem explains why quantities such as heat and power can fluctuate in microscopic system

Theorem explains why quantities such as heat and power can fluctuate in microscopic system

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The second law of thermodynamics states that the total entropy of an isolated system always tends to increase over time until it reaches a...
Global storms on Mars launch dust towers into the sky

Global storms on Mars launch dust towers into the sky

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Dust storms are common on Mars. But every decade or so, something unpredictable happens: A series of runaway storms breaks out, covering the entire...