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Ancient viral genomes preserved in glaciers reveal the history of the earth’s climate

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Ancient viral genomes preserved in glaciers reveal the history of the earth’s climate

A hole filled with water from melted ice is seen among black rock and ice on the Rhone glacier amid climate change in Obergoms, Switzerland, August 27, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters As humans alter the planet’s climate and ecosystems, scientists are looking to Earth’s history to help predict what may unfold from climate change….

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SpaceX delayed Polaris Dawn launch by at least 1 day, due to weather and technical issues

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SpaceX delayed Polaris Dawn launch by at least 1 day, due to weather and technical issues

SpaceX announced it was pushing back the launch plans “due to unfavorable weather forecasted in Dragon’s splashdown areas off the coast of Florida”. | Photo Credit: Reuters SpaceX postponed once more its attempt at launching a daring orbital expedition featuring an all-civilian crew that is aiming to carry out the first-ever spacewalk by private citizens…

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SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission: Who are the astronauts doing the spacewalk?

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SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission: Who are the astronauts doing the spacewalk?

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon Resilience capsule sits on Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center ahead of the Polaris Dawn Mission in Cape Canaveral, Florida, August 26, 2024. The mission crew will carry out the first ever private spacewalk. | Photo Credit: AFP SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission is poised to…

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Study shows video games can improve mental wellbeing — up to a point

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Study shows video games can improve mental wellbeing — up to a point

An attendee stops to text next to a sign for Epic Games’ Fortnite game at E3, the annual video games expo revealing the latest in gaming software and hardware in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 12, 2019. | Photo Credit: Reuters A study of almost 100,000 people in Japan aged 10 to 69 found playing…

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NASA just shut down a planetary defence mission that tracks asteroids. Now what?

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NASA just shut down a planetary defence mission that tracks asteroids. Now what?

View of Didymos, Dimorphos, and the plume coming off of Dimorphos after the Double Asteroid Redirect Test, or DART mission, purposefully made impact, in this image acquired by ASI’s LICIACube satellite just before its closest approach to the Dimorphos asteroid, September 26, 2022. | Photo Credit: Reuters Launched in 2011, NASA’s NEOWISE mission operated in Earth’s orbit…

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What would it take to turn Mars into a life-friendly planet like the earth?

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What would it take to turn Mars into a life-friendly planet like the earth?

When I was in middle school, my biology teacher showed our class the sci-fi movie “Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.” The plot drew me in, with its depiction of the “Genesis Project” – a new technology that transformed a dead alien world into one brimming with life. After watching the movie, my teacher…

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TB: gene editing could add new power to a 100-year-old vaccine

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TB: gene editing could add new power to a 100-year-old vaccine

Tuberculosis dates back more than 9,000 years. It is the most infectious bacterial disease and in 2022 10.6 million people fell ill with it. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Tuberculosis dates back more than 9,000 years. It is the most infectious bacterial disease and in 2022 10.6 million people fell ill with it. Of these 23% occurred in Africa. The only…

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New Zealand to loosen gene editing regulation, make commercialisation easier

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New Zealand to loosen gene editing regulation, make commercialisation easier

The New Zealand government said that it would introduce new legislation to make it easier for companies and researchers to develop and commercialise products using gene technologies. | Photo Credit: Getty Images The New Zealand government said on Tuesday that it would introduce new legislation to make it easier for companies and researchers to develop…

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Sharks off Rio de Janeiro test positive for cocaine

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Sharks off Rio de Janeiro test positive for cocaine

Brazilian Sharpnose Sharks (Rhizoprionodon Lalandii) are being analysed at a laboratory in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in this handout picture made available on July 23, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Sharks off the coast of Brazil’s party city Rio de Janeiro have tested positive for cocaine. The predators were consuming the potent stimulant due to…

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Sea urchins fed waste cabbage to spare Japan’s seaweed forests

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Sea urchins fed waste cabbage to spare Japan’s seaweed forests

A view of Sea urchins during an event to collect the urchins and ship them off to be used as fertiliser on local fields, in Zushi, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan July 21, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters In Japan, researchers are feeding vegetables to hungry sea urchins – a popular sushi ingredient – to try and…

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