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Fred Pearce Says World Is Late but Acting on the Environment
Author Fred Pearce says renewable energy is rising, the population bomb has been defused, and nature can recover if given the chance.
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Context, limits and consequences behind new scientific results.
Scientists Find Traces of Two Unknown Archaic Hominins in Human DNA
Neuroscience suggests handwriting improves memory more than typing
Ancient Warming Event Turned Forests Into Fire-Prone Fern Savannas
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Sadie Sink's Jean Grey Debuts in Spider-Man: Brand New Day Post-Credits Scene
The new Spider-Man film ends with a surprise post-credits sequence in which Sadie Sink appears as Jean Grey, a moment many fans see as the X-Men's long-awaited entry into the Marv…
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Satellite Radar Captures New Orleans and the Mississippi Delta
The Copernicus Sentinel-1 radar satellite has captured a colorful image of New Orleans and the Mississippi River delta, offering a detailed view of one of the largest river system…
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China Launches Secretive TJS-27 Pair and New Tianlian Relay Satellite
China used a Long March 6A rocket to launch secretive TJS-27 satellites and a next-generation Tianlian relay satellite, expanding its orbital communications infrastructure.
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European Space Agency opens HydroGNSS data for Earth water research
The European Space Agency has opened HydroGNSS data after completing commissioning, giving researchers worldwide free access to satellite observations for studying water availabil…
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Alzheimer’s protein test may help detect CTE in living people
Preliminary research raises the possibility that a protein tied to Alzheimer’s disease could also serve as a biological marker for CTE, the brain condition linked to repeated head…
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NASA to send two probes to the moon to test complex three-body orbits
Two NASA probes will travel to the moon to test complex three-body orbits, a demonstration that could support future lunar operations, including the Gateway space station.
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NASA ended Saturn V moon rocket production on Aug. 1, 1968
NASA ended production of the Saturn V moon rocket on Aug. 1, 1968. The decision limited the number of Apollo lunar missions and shaped the close of the Moon program.
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At 40, Disney's «Flight of the Navigator» Used Time Dilation Long Before «Interstellar»
Disney's 1986 film «Flight of the Navigator» turns 40, and its early take on time dilation deserves credit years before «Interstellar» made the idea famous.
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