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NASA Satellite to Travel to Mysterious Zone Where Earth Meets Space

Wesley Rahn 11/10/2019

NASA said the Icon satellite will transmit data intended...

Senior Ranger in the Great Barrier Reef region for the Queenlsand Parks and Wildlife Service Oliver Lanyon takes photographs and notes during an inspection of the reef's condition in an area called the 'Coral Gardens' located at Lady Elliot Island

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef Detected with a Toxic Fungus

Reuters 03/10/2019

Of the hundreds or so toxic mushrooms that are...

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In a New Study on Bird Loss, Some Scientists Say Subtlety Is Lost, Too

Michael Schulson 26/09/2019

A recent paper in the journal 'Science' documented declines...

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Why You Can’t Use Someone’s Genes to Predict Their Sexuality

Brendan Zietsch 31/08/2019

There is no one 'gay gene' – instead, there...

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Behind the Scenes With Boby: The Importance of Lab Technicians

Cyrus Khan 23/08/2019

Most of the hands-on work in a scientific project...

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Astronomers Discover That the Milky Way Is a Warped and Twisted Galaxy

Will Dunham 02/08/2019

The most precise map to date of the Milky Way was...

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How Satellites Are Changing the Way We Track Pollution on the Ground

Aditya Chaturvedi 30/07/2019

Technological advancements like miniaturisation of sensors, high-speed data transfer...