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Fish carcasses deliver toxic mercury pollution to the deepest ocean trenches
The sinking carcasses of fish from near-surface waters deliver toxic mercury pollution to the most remote and inaccessible parts of the world's oceans, including...
New placement for one of Earth’s largest mass extinction events
Curtin University research has shed new light on when one of the largest mass extinction events on Earth occurred, which gives new meaning to...
Texas astronomers revive idea for ‘Ultimately Large Telescope’ on the moon
A group of astronomers from The University of Texas at Austin has found that a telescope idea shelved by NASA a decade ago can...
Understanding astrophysics with laser-accelerated protons
Bringing huge amounts of protons up to speed in the shortest distance in fractions of a second -- that's what laser acceleration technology, greatly...
Paleontologists uncover three new species of extinct walruses in Orange County
Millions of years ago, in the warm Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California, walrus species without tusks lived abundantly.
But in a new...
Building blocks of life can form long before stars
An international team of scientists have shown that glycine, the simplest amino acid and an important building block of life, can form under the...
Orbits of ancient stars prompt rethink on Milky Way evolution
Theories on how the Milky Way formed are set to be rewritten following discoveries about the behavior of some of its oldest stars
An investigation...
Former piece of Pacific Ocean floor imaged deep beneath China
In a study that gives new meaning to the term "rock bottom," seismic researchers have discovered the underside of a rocky slab of Earth's...
Genetic code evolution and Darwin’s evolution theory should consider DNA an ‘energy code’
Darwin's theory of evolution should be expanded to include consideration of a DNA stability "energy code" -- so-called "molecular Darwinism" -- to further account...
Wolves alter wetland creation and recolonization by killing ecosystem engineers
Beavers are some of the world's most prolific ecosystem engineers, creating, maintaining and radically altering wetlands almost everywhere they live. But what, if anything,...
Potential plumes on Europa could come from water in the crust
Plumes of water vapor that may be venting into space from Jupiter's moon Europa could come from within the icy crust itself, according to...
