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Earth's atmosphere far dustier than previously believed
Dust is a key component of Earth’s climate system. When it interacts with clouds, oceans and…
NASA's Curiosity keeps rolling as team operates rover from home
For people who are able to work remotely during this time of social distancing, video conferences…
Researchers use 21st-century genomics to estimate Samoan population over 3,000 years
Reconstructing how many individuals first settled the many small islands in the Pacific and when they…
Researchers solve puzzle of Compton scattering: New approach for testing theories in quantum mechanics
When the American physicist Arthur Compton discovered that light waves behave like particles in 1922, and…
Seeing asteroids in the dark
Image: Seeing asteroids in the dark Click here for original story, Seeing asteroids in…
First Gulf-wide survey of oil pollution completed 10 years after Deepwater Horizon
Since the 2010 BP oil spill, marine scientists at the University of South Florida (USF) have…
Luca meets space cyber assistant Cimon
ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano tested new functionality for the astronaut aid Cimon relating to mood detection…
10 pioneer-era apple types thought extinct found in US West
A team of retirees that scours the remote ravines and windswept plains of the Pacific Northwest…
Transposable elements play an important role in genetic expression and evolution
Until recently, little was known about how transposable elements contribute to gene regulation. These are little…