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NASA Marsquake Data Reveals Lumpy Nature of Red Planet’s Interior
Rocky material that impacted Mars lies scattered in giant lumps throughout the planet’s mantle, offering clues about Mars’ interior and its ancient past.
What appear to be fragments from the aftermath of massive impacts on Mars that occurred…
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Scientists discover fossil of armored Spicomellus in Morocco
“We just couldn’t believe how weird it was and how unlike any other dinosaur, or indeed any other animal we know of, alive or extinct,” said Richard Butler, project co-lead and a paleontologist at the University of Birmingham in England.
The…
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Horses may have become rideable with the help of a genetic mutation
Two key gene variants may have made early domesticated horses more tame and more physically resilient to bearing a rider, researchers report August 28 in Science. The resulting horses were among the most significant advances in Bronze…
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River turbulence can push toxic pollutants into the air
Toxic pollutants from a Southern California river are infiltrating the air.
Polluted water surging along a turbulent section of the Tijuana River in San Diego can release toxic gases, including hydrogen sulfide, into the air,…
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It’s Chunky, With a History of Violence : ScienceAlert
The interior of Mars is as chunky as a delicious macadamia cookie.
A new analysis of the acoustic waves that ripple through and bounce around the red planet’s guts reveals that the ancient, early crust of Mars is sequestered in its mantle. It…
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