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This NASA Satellite Is 'Sounding' Our Atmosphere to Understand Fossil Fuel Emissions
The OCO-2 spacecraft has been working hard to quantify the impact of humans on the global climate since 2014.
This Remote Arctic Park in Canada Can Now Be Visited on Google Street View
Fewer than 50 people visit Quttinirpaaq National Park on Ellesmere Island IRL each year.
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Scientists Inflated Dead Dolphin Dicks to Simulate Cetacean Sex
“The degree of coevolution is astounding.”
A Giant, Mysterious Hole Has Opened Up in Antarctica
“We’re still trying to figure out what’s going on.”
Stare Into the Vacant Eyes of Some Tweens Who Lived 30,000 Years Ago
Nice mammoth-bone beadwork, Sungir folks.
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Compound Associated With Life Found in Two Very Different Locations in Space
Why that's actually not good news for astrobiologists looking for extraterrestrial life.
One of Earth's Largest Living Organisms Is About to Have Its Genome Sequenced
Scientists will sequence the genomes of the coast redwood and giant sequoia.
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Why So Many New Species Are Named After Celebrities
Scientists just named some newly discovered spiders after Bernie Sanders, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Michelle Obama.
Mathematical Formula Predicts Global Mass Extinction Event in 2100
If we put another 310 gigatons of carbon into the ocean by 2100, which we’re well on track to do, we enter “unknown territory.”