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Water has been discovered for the first time in the atmosphere of an exoplanet with Earth-like temperatures that could support life as we know it, scientists revealed Wednesday. Eight times the mass of Earth and twice as big, K2-18b orbits in its st...
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Of all the dire forecasts she’s heard about the climate crisis, there is one that Arielle Martinez Cohen can’t get out of her mind. The report, from an Australian think tank, projected that if nothing is done, civilization could collapse by 2050. “I...
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K2-18b isn't a perfect spot for life, but it's a good start toward learning more about habitable planets around small stars.
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As our food supply faces more stress, behavioral scientist Magnus Söderlund said, humans might consider eating corpses.
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Prostate cancer is one of the deadliest that men in the US get. A new study of 9/11 first responders with prostate cancers shows how it may evolve.
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Former NYPD officer Johnny Walker is dealing with stage 4 colon cancer after responding to the call on September 11, 2001.
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'The Blob' covers an area of 4 million square miles, or three times the size of Alaska. It could result in the death of sea lions and salmon
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Move aside, Musk. Within four years, the Virgin honcho wants to send people to space every 32 hours.
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A study published Tuesday identifies a total of three unique electric eel species that descended from one common ancestor millions of years ago.
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The smaller of Mars' two moons, Deimos, was named after the Greek god of terror — but the way former NASA flight surgeon Jim Logan sees it, Deimos could be a comfort zone for space settlers. "The Mars-facing side of Deimos is probably the mo...
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India’s launch vehicle carrying Chandrayaan-2 lifted off from Sriharikota, India, in late July 2019.
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People have been modifying Earth – as in these rice terraces near Pokhara, Nepal – for millennia.
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The so-called blob covers an area of 4 million square miles, or three times the size of Alaska.
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Artists who paint with their feet because they were born without arms have individualized areas of the brain assigned to each of their toes, a trait not found in handed people, scientists have reported. "We're trying to find the relationship between...
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A stunning harvest moon will rise in the eastern sky on Friday the 13th. It's also a micromoon, too, which means it's an unusually small full moon