Astronomers have confirmed the existence of exoplanets with extremely small orbits around their stars. But what about exoplanets that get close enough to be devoured by their star, and what if it's an Earth-sized exoplanet?
Planetary Sciences
Aug 12, 2024
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Climate change can produce a range of effects on flat sedimentary coasts. Researchers from the Wadden Sea Station on Sylt have just released a multidisciplinary overview of the far-reaching climate-based changes in the Wadden ...
Ecology
Aug 12, 2024
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For deaf people including schoolchildren, teachers and scientists, talking about marine species like the shortfin mako shark, loggerhead turtle and tiny phytoplankton usually means spelling out each term letter by letter. ...
Ecology
Aug 12, 2024
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NASA's Scientific Balloon Program has kicked off its annual fall balloon campaign at the agency's balloon launch facility in Fort Sumner, New Mexico. Eight balloon flights carrying scientific experiments and technology demonstrations ...
Planetary Sciences
Aug 12, 2024
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You probably have been hearing phrases like "climate crisis," "climate emergency" or "climate justice" more often lately as people try to get across the urgent risks and consequences of climate change. The danger is real, ...
Environment
Aug 12, 2024
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Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have demonstrated that small molecular tweaks to surfaces can improve absorption technology for direct air capture, or DAC, of carbon dioxide.
Polymers
Aug 12, 2024
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In the face of shrinking populations, many of the world's major economies are trying to engineer higher birth rates.
Economics & Business
Aug 12, 2024
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As many as 300 people were killed in landslides triggered by higher than normal rainfall in south-western Ethiopia in July 2024. More than 15,000 were also forced to leave their homes. Another less deadly landslide that occurred ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 12, 2024
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Rats thrive around humans, for good reason: They feed off crops and garbage and readily adapt to many settings, from farms to the world's largest cities. To control them, people often resort to poisons. But chemicals that ...
Ecology
Aug 12, 2024
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How you shop and what you buy at the grocery store can predict whether you pay your credit card bills on time, our new research shows.
Economics & Business
Aug 12, 2024
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