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A newly discovered planet renews debate about how some giant worlds form

Apr 14 2022 6:00 AM

An implosion of gas may have given birth to this young exoplanet, which orbits too far from its star to have been built up bit by bit, researchers say.

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This hieroglyph is the oldest known record of the Maya calendar

Apr 13 2022 2:00 PM

Plaster fragments with the markings date to at least 200 B.C. and indicate that the calendar system, still used today, might be centuries older.

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This is the biggest known comet in our solar system

Apr 13 2022 1:54 PM

The nucleus of comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein is about 120 kilometers across — about twice the width of Rhode Island — and is darker than coal.

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How ancient, recurring climate changes may have shaped human evolution

Apr 13 2022 11:00 AM

Climate changes drove where Homo species lived over the last 2 million years, with a disputed ancestor giving rise to H. sapiens, a new study claims.

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More than 57 billion tons of soil have eroded in the U.S. Midwest

Apr 12 2022 11:00 AM

Researchers discovered startling soil erosion rates in the Midwest. Farming has worsened erosion, but no-till practices and cover crops can help.

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'Paradise Falls' thrusts readers into the Love Canal disaster

Apr 12 2022 9:00 AM

'Paradise Falls' tells the story of the Love Canal environmental tragedy from the point of view of the people who lived near the former dump site.

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