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Scientists speculate that if life were to have spontaneously developed on Earth, the first thing there would need to be are vesicles.
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The 20th century was marked by waves of pro-democracy revolutions. Now, the future of democracy looks uncertain.
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Here’s how the closest place to “hell” in our Solar System might actually be home to life. From afar, Venus seems like the most uninhabitable planet of all. NASA’s Magellan mission […]
Researchers propose a gravity-based system for long-term energy storage.
NASA’s intrepid Curiosity rolls upward into Mars history.
A song many consider the black national anthem rises again in the United States.
The few seconds of nuclear explosion opening shots in Godzilla alone required more than 6.5 times the entire budget of the monster movie they ended up in.
It’s a great scientific opportunity of modern times, but we won’t get there with our current observatories. One of the holy grails of modern science is to find a world, […]
Scientists say it might even rain on the exoplanet, dubbed K2-18b.
Venice’s mayor, Luigi Brugnaro, said the city was “on its knees.”
If we waited long enough, would even protons themselves decay? There are certain things in the Universe that, if you leave them alone for long enough, they’ll eventually decay away. […]
Using modern tools, a team of astronomers uses celestial sleuthing to figure out when Vermeer painted his masterpiece “View of Delft.”
Australia’s beloved and bizarre egg-laying mammal could start vanishing in coming years if current trends continue.
Can passenger airships make a triumphantly ‘green’ comeback?
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