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A sprawling research program aims to improve hurricane forecasts by collecting data at the chaotic interface of ocean and ...

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Genetic analysis shows that microbes growing inside the International Space Station have adaptations for radiation and low ...

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Exoplanets in binary star systems usually orbit both stars, but astronomers have now spotted three planets orbiting one or ...

African giant pouched rats proved adept at detecting four commonly trafficked products derived from endangered species ...

Particles of light can spend "negative time" passing through a cloud of extremely cold atoms – without breaking the laws of ...