It has been twelve months since we counted the last minutes of 2019 and we have shouted ‘Happy New Year’ with joy. We were happily unaware of what was in store for us in the following days. For those who have lost their livelihood, their health or, most tragically, their …
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You don’t know what you’ve got until you leave. Valviluculus pleristaminis Makes a perfect example. Scientists have recently identified this mysterious, extinct flower. It once bloomed in the Cretaceous period – the remains of a Purana-era flower, preserved in time-suspended amber from some unnamed days while dinosaurs were still roaming …
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The southeastern Romanian movie Cave may not be at the top of your holiday list: no light descends from it, the air is thicker than toxic gases, and it was cut off from the outside world about 5.5 million years before its accidental discovery. In 1986. Life is not like …
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On December 21, 2020, Jupiter and Saturn will cross paths in the night sky and for a short moment, they will appear shining together as one body. While connections to planets like these are not everyday occurrences, they are not particularly rare. This year the alliance is different for at …
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Jupiter may be the most famous hurricane in the solar system, but that doesn’t mean it gets all the fun – and Neptune has been introduced to scientists by Doozy. However, the tendency of the storm over a large part of the ice is not uncommon, but this is the …
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