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Moons may yield clues to what makes planets habitable
Earth's moon is vitally important in making Earth the planet we know today. Because the moon is so important to life on Earth, scientists...
People in urban areas had better access to care and lower copays than rural...
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Mighty powerful microbes: New insights into microbes that breathe rocks
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Sustainable diets acceptable to local preferences and cultures
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Did comet’s fiery destruction lead to downfall of ancient Hopewell?
The rapid decline of the Hopewell culture about 1,500 years ago might be explained by falling debris from a near-Earth comet that created a...
Microwave data assimilation improves forecasts of hurricane intensity, rainfall
In 2017, Hurricane Harvey stalled after making landfall over coastal Texas, pouring down record rainfall, flooding communities and becoming one of the wettest and...
Replacing animal agriculture and shifting to a plant-based diet could drastically curb greenhouse gas...
Phasing out animal agriculture represents 'our best and most immediate chance to reverse the trajectory of climate change,' according to a new model developed...
Paris Agreement limits still catastrophic for coral reefs, research suggests
Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees C above pre-industrial levels will still be catastrophic for coral reefs, new research suggests. More than 90 percent...
Extreme heat is the ‘new normal’ for the ocean
New research reveals excessively warm ocean temperatures driven by climate change are the new normal. The study establishes that more than half of the...
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