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Lasers reveal ancient urban sprawl hidden in the Amazon

May 25 2022 11:00 AM

South America's Casarabe culture built a network of large and small settlements in what's now Bolivia centuries before the Spanish arrived.

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Headbutts hurt the brain, even for a musk ox

May 25 2022 7:00 AM

Though musk oxen are built to bash, a study of the headbutters turned up signs of brain damage. But that may not be catastrophic for the bovids.

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Biocrusts reduce global dust emissions by 60 percent

May 24 2022 9:00 AM

Lichens and other microbes construct biological soil crusts that concentrate nutrients and slash global dust emissions.

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Ice at the moon's poles might have come from ancient volcanoes

May 24 2022 7:00 AM

Volcanic eruptions billions of years ago probably released enough water vapor to have deposited ice at the lunar poles, a study finds.

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'Wandering' salamanders glide like skydivers from the world's tallest trees

May 23 2022 11:00 AM

Using their legs and tail, these amphibians have impressive control over their daring dives from coast redwood canopies.

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These are the first plants grown in moon dirt

May 23 2022 9:00 AM

The first attempt to grow plants in Apollo samples from the moon shows the promise and potential struggles of farming in lunar soil.

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Earth is pelted by energetic particles from space. The source might be the magnetic remains of massive stars, a new study suggests.

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