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Planetary Sciences Jun 6, 2024

Carving into carbonates on Mars

This past week on Mars, Perseverance made a pit stop near Overlook Mountain to abrade a rock called Old Faithful Geyser. This target is situated within the Western side of the Margin Unit, an area around the upper edge of ...

Archaeology Jun 6, 2024

The rise of horse power ~4,200 years ago

All domestic horses living on the planet today, whether racetrack champions, pony-club companions, or heavy draft giants, find their origins in the western Russian steppes of the third millennium BCE. However, the exact chronology ...

Social Sciences Jun 6, 2024

Will the 2024 Olympic Games become the playing field for social justice protests?

Yannick Kluch, a professor of recreation, sport and tourism at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, studies sport as a platform for promoting social justice. Kluch has worked with the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee, ...

Environment Jun 5, 2024

Early fires an ominous Greek summer warning: experts

A year after one of Greece's worst wildfire seasons left over 20 people dead, a record-breaking warm winter and high spring temperatures are raising fears of another fierce summer.

Plants & Animals Jun 4, 2024

Studies find frequent mowing puts poisonous weed into survival mode, creating 'superweed'

A study of the effects of mowing on a common weed has found that what doesn't kill you can make you stronger.

Space Exploration Jun 4, 2024

Craft unfurls China's flag on the far side of the moon and lifts off with lunar rocks to bring home

China said its lunar spacecraft unfurled the country's red and gold flag for the first time on the far side of the moon before part of the vehicle blasted off early Tuesday with rock and soil samples to bring back to Earth.

Political science Jun 3, 2024

New data indicate record number of armed conflicts in the world

Never before have there been so many armed conflicts across the globe. This has been shown by new statistics from the Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP, at Uppsala University. In 2023, the number of conflicts involving ...

Ecology Jun 3, 2024

AI goes underwater: Transforming coral reef conservation with cutting-edge image analysis

Coral reefs, nurturing hubs of marine biodiversity, are grappling with mounting threats from environmental shifts. Traditional monitoring techniques, often laborious and invasive, are proving inadequate in the face of rapid ...

Astronomy Jun 3, 2024

Hubble views broad and sweeping spiral galaxy NGC 4731

This new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the broad and sweeping spiral galaxy NGC 4731. It lies in the constellation Virgo and is located 43 million light-years from Earth. This highly detailed image ...

Plants & Animals Jun 3, 2024

How sharks survived a major spike in Earth's temperature

The sharks we know today as the open ocean's top predators evolved from stubby bottom dwellers during a dramatic episode of global warming millions of years ago.

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