The arid hills of Western Australia’s Pilbara region contain the earliest evidence yet of tectonic plates sliding across Earth’s surface.
Tiny magnetic crystals locked in the bedrock recorded the terrain’s movement over time….
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'Miracle': Europe reconnects with lost spacecraft
The European Space Agency announced Thursday it has re-established communication with a spacecraft that is part of its Proba-3 mission, after losing contact with the satellite a month ago.
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Meta decides not to kill Horizon Worlds VR after all
The dream of the metaverse may have died for now, but Meta has decided it’s not completely giving up on the VR experience in Horizon Worlds, the virtual worlds service that it originally…
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Contested Amazon dam called to review water flow as river ecosystem fails
After 10 years of operation, the Belo Monte hydroelectric plant in Pará state has yet to resolve its most severe local impact: the reduction in water flow in the Volta Grande do Xingu. The 130-kilometer (81-mile) bend on the river in the…
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Study uncovers mineral 'sink' that reduced phosphorus in early oceans, potentially delaying Earth's oxygen rise
Scientists have long sought to explain a key mismatch in Earth’s early history: oxygen-producing photosynthesis evolved hundreds of millions of years before atmospheric oxygen began to rise during the Great Oxidation Event. This delay has been…
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Early clinical results deliver encouraging milestone for malaria drug candidate
Findings from two early clinical studies suggest a new dual-action antimalarial drug candidate is well tolerated in humans. The first-in-class clinical candidate, MK7602, is being developed by WEHI and global biopharmaceutical company MSD…
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Legalizing Cannabis Helps Lower Specific Crime Statistics
What connection does cannabis legalization have with crime rates? This is what a recent study published in Economic Modelling hopes to address as a team of researchers from the US and Taiwan investigated the…
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Legalizing Cannabis Helps Lower Specific Crime Statistics
What connection does cannabis legalization have with crime rates? This is what a recent study published in Economic Modelling hopes to address as a team of researchers from the US and Taiwan investigated the…
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Legalizing Cannabis Helps Lower Specific Crime Statistics
What connection does cannabis legalization have with crime rates? This is what a recent study published in Economic Modelling hopes to address as a team of researchers from the US and Taiwan investigated the…
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Microbial warfare helps bacteria evolve
Streptococcus pneumoniae is a main cause of bacterial pneumonia worldwide. It can also cause ear and sinus infections and, in more severe cases, meningitis or sepsis. It shares the human respiratory tract with many closely related bacterial…
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