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The Moon Was Hit Again: NASA Scientists Discover a Newly Formed Crater
A bright new lunar crater detected in spacecraft images shows that asteroid impacts continue to reshape the Moon’s surface today. The Moon’s familiar surface tells a story of both ancient violence and ongoing change. While its vast dark…
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Can Singapore rewild its lost reptiles?
In the older quarters of Singapore, fragments of forest persist like memories that refuse to fade. Within them live creatures that few residents ever see, and some that no longer exist there at all. The disappearance of species on an island is…
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Cambodian market survey a snapshot of a resilient — but stressed — Mekong
STUNG TRENG, Cambodia — Sunrise is still a long way off when the first fishing boats slip into the landing site at this provincial town along the Mekong River in northern Cambodia. The night’s catch is hauled ashore and moved in tubs and…
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An iPhone-hacking toolkit used by Russian spies likely came from U.S military contractor
A mass hacking campaign targeting iPhone users in Ukraine and China used tools that were likely designed by U.S. military contractor L3Harris, TechCrunch has learned. The tools, which were intended for Western spies, wound up in the hands of…
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Electric air taxi maker Archer hits back at Joby in countersuit alleging concealed Chinese ties
Electric air taxi developer Archer Aviation responded to a lawsuit Monday with its own counterclaims that rival Joby Aviation allegedly defrauded the U.S. government and its competitors by falsely presenting itself as an American-made company….
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Discovery about evolution called “nothing short of revolutionary”
For a long time, the story of evolution has centered on chance – mutations arrive without a plan, and natural selection keeps the winners. That view isn’t wrong, but it’s incomplete.
A recent study shows that parts of evolution look orderly….
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Evolution Keeps Reinventing The Appendix. Here’s Why It May Be Important. : ScienceAlert
Most people know only two things about the appendix: You don’t need it – and if it bursts, you need surgery fast.
That basic story traces back at least to Charles Darwin, the English naturalist who developed the theory of natural selection….
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NASA’s DART asteroid smash shows we could deflect a future threat
NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) mission did more than alter the motion of a small asteroid. New research shows the spacecraft’s deliberate collision with the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos in September 2022 also slightly changed the…
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Life form living at Chernobyl has evolved to “eat” radiation
After the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986, scientists expected to find a dead zone where almost nothing could survive. Instead, they found life that found ways to adapt and survive. One key example was a common black fungus called Cladosporium…
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