NASA’s Done the Numbers: China Can Slow the Earth’s Rotation by Filling Up the Three Gorges Dam
Nature and EnvironmentFilling the Three Gorges Dam would slightly shift Earth’s axis, increasing the length of the day by 0.06 microseconds.
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Researchers Attached a Microphone to a Solitary Dolphin. The Recorded 'Conversation' Is Unprecedented
Nature and EnvironmentThe recordings raise the possibility of self-talk in dolphins, a behavior never observed before.
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There’s a Backup Plan to Reverse Global Warming: Launching Diamonds Into Space. But It’ll Cost More Than $200 Billion
SpaceSolar geoengineering is gaining support as a method to fight off climate change, but it still raises many concerns.
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A Meteorite That Boiled the Oceans About 3 Billion Years Ago Was a 'Fertilizer Bomb' for Early Life, Study Finds
SpaceThe S2 meteorite was 50 to 200 times larger than the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs.
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Fifty Feet Below, a Rock Hid Something Fascinating: A 2-Billion-Year-Old Life Form
Nature and EnvironmentThese are the oldest microbes ever discovered.
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Scientists Knew What Would Eventually Destroy the Earth. Now, There’s Hope: A Tiny Dot Next to a White Dwarf Star
SpaceIf the Sun becomes a red giant, the future of humanity is sealed—or so the experts believed.
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Earth Will Be Getting a New Mini-Moon for Two Months, but You’re Probably Not Going to Be Able to See It
SpaceThe mini-Moon, known officially as asteroid 2024 PT5, will orbit the Earth between Sept. 29 and Nov. 25.
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NASA Has Confirmed a 60-Year-Old Hypothesis: The Earth Has a Third Hidden Energy Field
Space60 years ago, scientists proposed a hypothesis about the existence of a weak energy field surrounding our planet.
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The U.S. Claims It Has Expanded Its Territory by Nearly Twice the Size of California. Now It’ll Have to Prove It
MagnetThere are various ways through which a country’s land area can increase. Since the end of 2023, U.S. authorities have been using one of them as evidence to support its claim.
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Tiny Creature Discovered on the Alaskan Border Is the Closest Living Relative of All Animals
Nature and EnvironmentA chance encounter in the brackish waters of Mono Lake could have numerous implications for science and even modern medicine.
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Earth’s Rotation Is Slowing Down. And the Most Surprising Thing Is That It's Been Doing So for Millions of Years
SpaceThis isn’t the first study to show that our planet is slowing down, but it’s the first to measure the extent of the slowdown consistently.
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We Thought We Had an Accurate Date for the Origin of Life, but We Were Off by About 1.5 Billion Years
Nature and EnvironmentResearchers found environmental conditions for animal life 2.1 billion years ago.
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The Earth Is Spinning Slower and Days Are Getting Longer. We Have a Suspect: Melting Ice
SpaceThe day isn’t precisely 24 hours to the millisecond, not even close.
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An Astronaut Took a Picture of a Red Sprite From the ISS. It’s an Extremely Difficult Phenomenon to Photograph
SpaceNASA astronaut Matthew Dominick took the photograph while flying over the coast of South Africa.
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NASA Has Discovered X-Shaped Structures in the Ionosphere That Scientists Are Struggling to Explain
SpaceUntil now, scientists thought they were the effect of solar storms or violent volcanic eruptions.
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The North Pole Is Moving So Fast, It's Forcing Many Airports to Rename Their Runways
SpaceThe movement of the Earth’s core has accelerated the shift of the magnetic poles.
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