(News) – An event for mass extinction that struck Earth 359 million years ago still has scientists scratching their heads. Are there volcanic eruptions? The meteorite? Gamma-ray bursts? A new paper looks at another possible culprit: exploding stars. Researchers from the University of Illinois claim that evidence hidden in rocks …
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(News) A dinosaur that hobbled about 76 million years ago has been definitively diagnosed – with cancer, reports New Atlas. Researchers in Canada saw a large growth in a Centrosaurus apertus leg bone and ran it through a battery of tests, made CT scans, constructed a cross-section and cut it …
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(Newser) – Do you want to escape? Now you can see how far “really” is. Based on 20 years of research, scientists have created a 3D map of the universe that spans 11 billion years and covers more than 2 million quasars and galaxies, while shedding light on a couple …
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A strain of the coronavirus that was first seen in Italy is now the dominant strain of the virus, a group of scientists said Thursday. In an article published in the peer-reviewed scientific journal Cell, researchers working with the Sheffield COVID-19 Genomics Group announced that the new strain “has become …
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KEY POINTS A new study explained why the sides of the Moon seem different from each other. The near side of the Moon shows signs of volcanic activity. Radioactive elements may have caused increased volcanic activity on the Moon. A team of scientists presented a new theory that explains the …
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