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NASA Investigates Thread-Like Mystery Object on Mars Rover Sample System
The saga of weird debris on the red planet continues for Perseverance.
UN Experts Just Dropped a Huge Report on Protecting Wild Species. Here's Why It Matters
Reversing the biodiversity crisis is paramount for the billions who rely on wild species for health, income and food.
Cost Plus Drugs: Mark Cuban's Pharmacy Startup Sells Ultra-Cheap Medications
Scientists calculated that Medicare could save billions by buying generic drugs from Cuban's new endeavor.
Climate
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UN Experts Just Dropped a Huge Report on Protecting Wild Species. Here's Why It Matters
Reversing the biodiversity crisis is paramount for the billions who rely on wild species for health, income and food.
How Living Carbon's Modified Trees Can Store More Carbon
Living Carbon has developed enhanced trees that can grow faster and store more carbon than trees grown naturally.
Greenland's Huge Meltwater Waterfalls Generate Massive Hydropower
New research finds that the huge ice sheet is melting both from the top and bottom.
Sony's Horizon Forbidden West Tree-Planting Program Feels Like a Publicity Stunt
Commentary: Play a game. Plant a tree. Save the planet? Not so fast.
'Heartbreaking' loss: Climate crisis spurs push for compensation in 2022
Amid the ravages of climate change, hard-hit lands look to wealthy nations for funds.
Space
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NASA Outlines Game Plan for Late August Artemis I Lunar Launch
On Aug. 29, here's what could go down.
'Schrodinger's Galaxy Candidate' Is JWST's Latest Puzzle to Solve
The candidate is so far away that it might even break our models of the early universe. But there's a catch.
Sun's Upcoming Peak of Sunspot and Solar Flare Activity Could Set Records
The current 11-year solar cycle was supposed to reach a mellow peak of activity in coming years, but NASA now says the prediction may have been way off.
NASA Investigates Thread-Like Mystery Object on Mars Rover Sample System
The saga of weird debris on the red planet continues for Perseverance.
NASA Explains That Weird Spaghetti-Like Object on Mars
Nothing but net.
Biology
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Cost Plus Drugs: Mark Cuban's Pharmacy Startup Sells Ultra-Cheap Medications
Scientists calculated that Medicare could save billions by buying generic drugs from Cuban's new endeavor.
Google's DeepMind AI Predicts 3D Structure of Nearly Every Protein Known to Science
At last, the decades-old protein folding problem may finally be put to rest.
'Incredibly Rare': Watch a Squid Mom Carry Her Eggs in the Deep
Between the squid and the deep blue sea.
Scientists Explain 'Mystery Masses' Discovered on Seafloor
Forbidden spaghetti. Do not eat.
Newly Discovered See-Through Glass Frogs Already Endangered
The delicate frogs found in the Andes have see-through abdomens.
