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In the Mojave Desert, a translucent quartz rock keeps the soil moist, moss green, and reduces the intensity of sunlight. Nearby moss withers and turns black in the dry air and intense desert sun. The moss species is Syntrichia caninervis. Credit: Kirsten Fisher Living under a translucent rock can be …

… and welcome to another day of coverage of the US coronavirus outbreak – and, of course, its policy and everything else. The United States is now, according to Johns Hopkins University, in more than 4.1 million confirmed cases and more than 145,000 people dead. The economy is still crumbling …

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot deserves criticism for yielding to Antifa and demands that she remove the statues and allow the violence to spread throughout her city, Tucker Carlson said Saturday. “Chicago was a beautiful place. There are many reasons why it is no longer beautiful. But near the top of …

Photo credit: Steve Jurvetson – CC BY 2.0 It is not surprising that the first prize, or the blue ribbon, for exceeding 2 ° C above the baseline, goes to the Arctic with permafrost covering 25% of the northern hemisphere. Recognition has been long overdue, as the Intergovernmental Panel on …

New research by online metals retailer metals4U has revealed the UK’s most lucrative areas for metal detection. Metal detectors have discovered more than 44,000 archaeological items in the past 12 months, meaning 120 treasures are unearthed every day. Norfolk is in first place, with more than 6,500 items discovered since …