Nearly a quarter of the Earth's land surface is permanently frozen. These areas, known as permafrost, are found in northern polar regions and at high altitudes. But the permafrost is now starting to thaw—with potentially ...
Environment
Dec 20, 2023
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A team of researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences has found that two varieties of red panda actually comprise two different species. In their paper published in the journal Science Advances, the group describes the ...
Richard Branson could shoot into space on his Virgin Galactic aircraft as its first passenger early next year, the company said, potentially blazing a path for commercial flights.
Space Exploration
Aug 4, 2020
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Daredevils regularly bail out at high altitude to skydive through Earth’s atmosphere but what would it be like to skydive on Saturn?
Space Exploration
May 20, 2011
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NASA is on course to make the highest leap in human spaceflight in nearly 4 decades when an unmanned Orion crew capsule blasts off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on a high stakes, high altitude test flight in early 2014.
Space Exploration
Mar 21, 2012
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NASA's Artemis 1 mission, scheduled to take off on Monday, is a 42-day voyage beyond the far side of the Moon and back.
Space Exploration
Aug 24, 2022
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For millennia, the massive Tibetan mastiff has laid literal claim to the label "top dog."
Plants & Animals
Sep 4, 2019
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People have inhabited the Andes mountains of South America for more than 9,000 years, adapting to the scarce oxygen available at high altitudes, along with cold temperatures and intense ultraviolet radiation. A new genomic ...
Biotechnology
Feb 22, 2023
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Human ancestors first set foot on the interior of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau around 30,000-40,000 years ago, according to new research by scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). This new finding moves back ...
Archaeology
Nov 30, 2018
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Amongst the high mountain meadows and grasslands of the Ethiopian plateau stands one primate, the gelada–the "bleeding heart" monkey named for its brilliant red chest. Geladas are the last of their kind, having outlived ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 24, 2022
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