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The Wider Image: 'We beg God for water': Chilean lake turns to desert, sounding climate change alarm

‘We Beg God for Water’: Chilean Lake Turns to Desert, Sounding Climate Alarm

Alexander Villegas and Rodrigo Gutierrez 14/06/2022

The Penuelas reservoir in central Chile was until 20...

Vials of a COVID-19 vaccine candidate pictured in Wuhan. Photo: Reuters/File Photo

CanSinoBIO’s COVID-19 Vaccine 65.7% Effective in Global Trials, Pakistan Official Says

Reuters 10/02/2021

In the Pakistani subset, efficacy of the CanSinoBIO vaccine...

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In Lithium Mines Beneath the Atacama Salt Flats, a Crisis Waits to Erupt

Ian Morse 30/12/2020

Scientists and local Indigenous communities warn of problems with...

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How Researchers Are Making Do in the Time of COVID-19

Anil Ananthaswamy 21/12/2020

The coronavirus pandemic has shuttered labs and sidelined scientists...

The planet Venus is seen in this photograph taken by the Galileo spacecraft’s Solid State Imaging System

Navigating the Possibility of Life on Venus

Prakash Chandra 18/09/2020

In the mid-1980s, the Soviet Vega probes had spotted...

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Finding Phosphine on Venus – and the Prospect of Alien Life

Laura McKemmish, Brendan Paul Burns and Lucyna Kedziora-Chudczer 18/09/2020

The discovery that the atmosphere of Venus absorbs a...

The planet Venus is seen in this photograph taken by the Galileo spacecraft’s Solid State Imaging System

Apparent Sign of Life in Venus’s Clouds Triggers Wary Interest in New Mystery

Will Dunham 14/09/2020

Telescopes in Hawaii and Chile detected an abnormal amount...