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The last mammoths died on a remote island
The last woolly mammoths lived on Wrangel Island in the Arctic Ocean; they died out 4,000…
More energy means more effects—in proton collisions
The higher the collision energy of particles, the more interesting the physics. Scientists from the Institute…
In Brazil, Amazon fires threaten millenary rock paintings
Ancient rock paintings in Brazil’s Monte Alegre park are being threatened by some of the fires…
Growing minority of teachers in Northern Ireland working across sectarian divide
A study by researchers at the University of Ulster has found that more teachers in Northern…
Astronauts replacing old batteries in 1st of 5 spacewalks
Astronauts kicked off the first of five spacewalks to replace old batteries at the International Space…
Controversy stalks Nobel Peace, Literature prizes
Controversy stalks the Nobel prizes for peace and literature in a way it rarely does for…
Israeli archaeologists claim to discover ancient city
Israel’s Antiquities Authority on Sunday said that researchers have discovered the remains of a large, 5,000-year-old…
Not long ago, the center of the Milky Way exploded
A titanic, expanding beam of energy sprang from close to the supermassive black hole in the…
NASA's Mars 2020 rover tests descent-stage separation
In this picture from Sept. 28, 2019, engineers and technicians working on the assembly and testing…