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12/14/2021

Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier ice shelf could collapse within five years

Dec 13 2021 5:46 PM

The loss of Thwaites' buttressing ice shelf could hasten the demise of the "Doomsday Glacier" and raise the risk of dramatic sea level rise.

The only known pulsar duo sheds new light on general relativity and more

Dec 13 2021 11:37 AM

Einstein was right, among other insights gleaned from watching a one-of-a-kind system of two pulsating dead stars for 16 years.

The cosmic 'Cow' may have produced a new neutron star or black hole

Dec 13 2021 11:00 AM

A bright, mysterious blast of extragalactic light appears to have spawned a small, compact object.

2021 research reinforced that mating across groups drove human evolution

Dec 13 2021 7:00 AM

Fossils and DNA point to mixing and mingling among Homo groups across vast areas.

Ingenuity is still flying on Mars. Here's what the helicopter is up to

Dec 10 2021 10:00 AM

NASA's Ingenuity craft was originally planned to operate only 30 Martian days.

For 50 years, CT scans have saved lives, revealed beauty and more

Dec 10 2021 7:00 AM

In 1971, the first CT scan of a patient laid bare the human brain. That was just the beginning of a whole new way to view human anatomy.

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