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Category: Science
Chang'e-5 samples reveal key age of moon rocks
A lunar probe launched by the Chinese space agency recently brought back the first fresh samples of rock and debris from the moon ...
Mars habitability limited by its small size, isotope st...
Researchers measured the potassium isotope compositions of Martian meteorites in order to estimate the presence, distribution, and...
Plants evolved complexity in two bursts -- with a 250-m...
A new method for quantifying plant evolution reveals that after the onset of early seed plants, complexity halted for 250 million ...
Personality matters, even for squirrels
Humans acknowledge that personality goes a long way, at least for our species. But scientists have been more hesitant to ascribe p...
The warming climate is causing animals to 'shapeshift'
Climate change is not only a human problem; animals have to adapt to it as well. Some 'warm-blooded' animals are shapeshifting and...
Gut bacteria influence brain development
Extremely premature infants are at a high risk for brain damage. Researchers have now found possible targets for the early treatme...
The first cells might have used temperature to divide
A simple mechanism could underlie the growth and self-replication of protocells -- putative ancestors of modern living cells -- su...
The physics behind a tardigrade's lumbering gait
Animals as small and soft as tardigrades seldom have legs and almost never bother walking. But a new study finds that water bears ...
Reducing sugar in packaged foods can prevent disease in...
Cutting 20 percent of sugar from packaged foods and 40 percent from beverages could prevent 2.48 million cardiovascular disease ev...
Volcanic eruptions may have spurred first 'whiffs' of o...
A new analysis of 2.5-billion-year-old rocks from Australia finds that volcanic eruptions may have stimulated population surges of...
Will it be safe for humans to fly to Mars?
A human space mission would be viable if it doesn't exceed four years, an international research team concludes in new research.
New class of habitable exoplanets represent a big step ...
A new class of exoplanet very different to our own, but which could support life, has been identified by astronomers, which could ...