Distant world's weather is mixed bag of hot dust and molten rain
Weather patterns in a mysterious world beyond our solar system have been revealed for the first time, a study suggests.
Weather patterns in a mysterious world beyond our solar system have been revealed for the first time, a study suggests.
Astronomy
Nov 3, 2015
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Astronomers have identified for the first time one of the key components of many stars, a study suggests.
Astronomy
Nov 10, 2015
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The first animals to have complex skeletons existed about 550 million years ago, fossils of a tiny marine creature unearthed in Namibia suggest.
Paleontology & Fossils
Nov 6, 2015
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Scientists have identified the origin of key stardust grains present in the dust cloud from which the planets in our Solar System formed, a study suggests.
Astronomy
Jan 30, 2017
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Changes to the Earth's oceans, caused by extreme volcanic activity, triggered the greatest extinction of all time, a study suggests.
Earth Sciences
Apr 9, 2015
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Prehistoric mammals bulked up, rather than develop bigger brains, to boost their survival chances once dinosaurs had become extinct, research suggests.
Evolution
Mar 31, 2022
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Scientific analysis of dental calculus—plaque build-up—of the Famine's victims found evidence of corn (maize), oats, potato, wheat and milk foodstuffs.
Archaeology
Sep 9, 2019
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Plants can maximise their chances of reproduction by taking advantage of how insects move between flowers when they track down nectar, a study suggests.
Plants & Animals
Jul 17, 2016
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Tiny, laser-activated magnets could enable cloud computing systems to process data up to 100 times faster than current technologies, a study suggests.
Materials Science
Mar 2, 2020
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Hens that do not produce their own chicks have been developed for use as surrogates to lay eggs from rare breeds.
Biotechnology
Feb 17, 2017
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