Scientists from Japan and NASA have confirmed the presence in meteorites of a key organic molecule which may have been used to build other organic molecules, including some used by life.
The discovery validates theories of the formation of organic…
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Climate Change Caused Demise of Central Asia’s River Civilizations, Not Genghis Khan
A new study challenges the long-held view that the destruction of Central Asia’s medieval river civilizations was a direct result of the Mongol invasion in the early 13th century AD.
The Aral Sea basin in Central Asia and the major rivers flowing…
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A Non-Destructive Method for Analyzing Ancient Egyptian Embalming Materials
Ancient Egyptian mummies have many tales to tell, but unlocking their secrets without destroying delicate remains is challenging.
Now, researchers reporting in ACS’ Analytical Chemistry have found a non-destructive way to analyze bitumen —…
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Newly Discovered Fossils Prove ‘Shangri-La’-Like Ecosystem in Central Tibet
Despite decades of investigation, Tibet’s ancient topography and its role in climatic and biotic evolution remain speculative due to a paucity of quantitative surface height measurements through time and space, and sparse fossil records.
During…
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Inouye Solar Telescope Releases First Image of a Sunspot
The world’s largest solar observatory, the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, just released its first image of a sunspot.
Although the telescope is still in the final phases of completion, the image is an…
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Crystals May Help Reveal Hidden Kilauea Volcano Behaviour
Scientists striving to understand how and when volcanoes might erupt face a challenge: many of the processes take place deep underground in lava tubes churning with dangerous molten Earth. Upon eruption, any subterranean markers that could have…
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Voyager Spacecraft Detect New Type of Solar Electron Burst
More than 40 years since they launched, the Voyager spacecraft are still making discoveries.
In a new study, a team of physicists led by the University of Iowa report the first detection of bursts of cosmic ray electrons accelerated by shock waves…
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Cluster of Alaskan Islands Could be a Super Volcano
Scientists suggest that a small group of volcanic islands in Alaska’s Aleutian chain might be part of a single, undiscovered giant volcano.
If the researchers’ suspicions are correct, the newfound volcanic caldera would belong to the same…
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Cahokia Study Reveals Impacts of Climate Change on Human History
Water and air are highly mutable resources that exist in a myriad of physical states and dimensions, and due to their affectivity, these entities participate in a multitude of interactions capable of sustaining life, transforming environments,…
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Geoscientists Use Zircon to Trace Origin of Earth’s Continents
Geoscientists have long known that some parts of the continents formed in the Earth’s deep past, but the speed in which land rose above global seas — and the exact shapes that land masses formed — have so far eluded experts.
But now, through…
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