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The startup using AI to help build custom treatments for rare diseases
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Rising Temperatures Are Turning Antarctica Into a ‘Hotspot’ for This Toxic Pollutant
When it comes to hotspots of toxic heavy metal pollution, Antarctica probably doesn’t come to mind. This remote…
Rain brings unexpected flows into South Australia’s River Murray
Rain, hail or shine, Tasha Morath has made it routine to dive into the River Murray every day…
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(This is Part 2 of a series on what we can actually find on an exoplanet. Read Part…
Light Reveals the Hidden Quantum Motion Inside an Exotic Crystal
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A rare baby sighting could reveal where life begins for world’s largest sharks
Although many mysteries remain in the reproductive lives of whale sharks, we are getting closer to answers, says…
Astronomers Detect a Cosmic Source Firing Changing Gamma Rays
Astronomers have long suspected that some of the universe’s most powerful particle accelerators lurk in binary star systems.…
Animals have been eating nature’s original bioplastic for millions of years
Microorganisms developed biodegradable plastics long before humans began making them. Many bacteria and archaea naturally produce compounds known…
Six-minute ‘eclipse of the century’ is coming to the Valley of the Kings
Often described as the world’s greatest open-air museum, Luxor, in southern Egypt, has basked in the glow of…
CERN Experiment Finds Gluons Behaving Strangely Deep Inside Atomic Nuclei
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By 1969 or earlier, Japan had introduced peacocks to its southern islands as pets and zoo attractions, and escaped birds later preyed on native lizards and butterflies | World News
Indian peafowl at Domaine de Pescheray in Sarthe, France. Image credits: Wikimedia Commons Long before raccoons or bluegill…