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Scientists discover emergency pathway to help human cells with protein damage survive
Cell proteins damaged by oxygen radicals can be chemically “tagged” for elimination, but an “emergency pathway”…
Quadrantids offer winter meteor spectacle
Northern hemisphere stargazers can look forward to what could be 2022’s best meteor shower on 3–4…
Minimizing laser phase noise with machine learning
Ultra-precise lasers can be used for optical atomic clocks, quantum computers, power cable monitoring, and much…
Polar bears eating reindeer: Normal behavior or result of climate change?
Recently, scientists in Hornsund, Svalbard—a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic ocean—witnessed a polar bear pursuing a…
Richard Leakey, fossil hunter and defender of elephants, dies aged 77
World-renowned Kenyan conservationist and fossil hunter Richard Leakey, whose groundbreaking discoveries helped prove that humankind evolved…
Will Beijing's 'green Olympics' really be green?
China wants to use the Beijing Winter Olympics to showcase its green credentials but there are…
Gulf Arab countries on alert for heavy rains
Authorities in several Gulf countries renewed weather warnings on Sunday as several days of heavy rains…
Mexican fish extinct in wild successfully reintroduced
There once was a small fish called “tequila splitfin” or “zoogoneticus tequila” that swam in a…
Three people missing in Colorado wildfire
Three people are missing after a wildfire tore through several Colorado towns, quickly destroying nearly 1,000…