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Svalbard seed vault evokes epic imagery, controversy because of the power of seeds

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Svalbard seed vault evokes epic imagery, controversy because of the power of seeds

Exterior view of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, the secure seed bank on Svalbard, Norway, March 2, 2016. Two men who were instrumental in the “craziest idea anyone ever had” of creating a global seed vault designed to safeguard the world’s agricultural diversity will be honored as the 2024 World Food Prize laureates, officials announced…

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Astronomers just found complex carbon molecules in space – a step closer to deciphering the origins of life

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Astronomers just found complex carbon molecules in space – a step closer to deciphering the origins of life

A team led by researchers at MIT in the United States has discovered large molecules containing carbon in a distant interstellar cloud of gas and dust. | Photo Credit: Space Telescope Science Institute Office of Public Outreach A team led by researchers at MIT in the United States has discovered large molecules containing carbon in…

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Stoneflies change colour in response to deforestation, suggesting humans can alter evolution

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Stoneflies change colour in response to deforestation, suggesting humans can alter evolution

Scientists are worried we might also be altering the evolutionary trajectories of the species that live alongside us, perhaps even including some irreversible shifts. | Photo Credit: AP As we continue to change the planet, scientists are worried we might also be altering the evolutionary trajectories of the species that live alongside us, perhaps even…

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New research shows most space rocks crashing into Earth come from a single source

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New research shows most space rocks crashing into Earth come from a single source

Reporters gather around a piece of a meteorite, which according to local authorities and scientists was lifted from the bottom of the Chebarkul Lake, placed on display in a local museum in Chelyabinsk, October 18, 2013. Each year, roughly 17,000 of these fireballs not only enter Earth’s atmosphere, but survive the perilous journey to the surface. |…

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Ancient meteorite was ‘giant fertilizer bomb’ for life on Earth

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Ancient meteorite was ‘giant fertilizer bomb’ for life on Earth

A bed of rock showing chunks of ripped up seafloor as debris from a tsunami that followed a huge meteorite impact on Earth dating back to about 3.26 billion years ago, seen in a region called the Barberton Greenstone Belt in northeastern South Africa in this undated photograph. | Photo Credit: Reuters The space rock…

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Rain may have helped form the first cells, kick-starting life as we know it

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Rain may have helped form the first cells, kick-starting life as we know it

Billions of years of evolution have made modern cells incredibly complex. Inside cells are small compartments called organelles that perform specific functions essential for the cell’s survival and operation. For instance, the nucleus stores genetic material, and mitochondria produce energy. Another essential part of a cell is the membrane that encloses it. Proteins embedded on the surface of…

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A new era? The 2024 Nobel Prizes and the power of machine learning

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A new era? The 2024 Nobel Prizes and the power of machine learning

The 2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry recognized Demis Hassabis, John Jumper and David Baker for using machine learning to tackle one of biology’s biggest challenges: predicting the 3D shape of proteins and designing them from scratch. This year’s award stood out because it honored research that originated at a tech company: DeepMind, an AI research startup that was acquired by Google in 2014. Most previous…

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NASA to launch mission on Oct. 10 to look for habitable spots on Europa moon

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NASA to launch mission on Oct. 10 to look for habitable spots on Europa moon

A view of Jupiter’s moon Europa created from images taken by NASA’s Galileo spacecraft in the late 1990’s, according to NASA, obtained by Reuters May 14, 2018. | Photo Credit: Reuters On October 10, NASA is launching a hotly anticipated new mission to Jupiter’s fourth-largest moon, Europa. Called Europa Clipper, the spacecraft will conduct a detailed…

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People with autism, ADHD likelier to have eating disorders: study

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People with autism, ADHD likelier to have eating disorders: study

More than 1.1 million Australians are estimated to be living with an eating disorder. Around one-third of these people are neurodivergent. So why are neurodivergent people, such as autistic people and those with ADHD, more likely to experience eating disorders than the broader population? And how does this impact their treatment? First, what is neurodivergence? Neurodivergence, or the state of being neurodivergent,…

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