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Biology: Botany Biology: Microbiology
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Discovery could lead to new fungicides to protect rice crops - Discovery Could Lead to New Fungicides to Protect Rice Crops      (via sciencedaily.com) 

In some years, rice blast disease destroys more than one quarter of the harvest worldwide. But it's...

Energy: Alternative Fuels
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Collision hotspots for migrating birds revealed in new study - Collision Hotspots for Migrating Birds Revealed in New Study      (via sciencedaily.com) 

New research highlights the areas in Europe and North Africa where the construction of wind turbines...

Space: The Solar System
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NASA spacecraft becomes first to orbit a dwarf planet - NASA Spacecraft Becomes First to Orbit a Dwarf Planet      (via sciencedaily.com) 

NASA's Dawn spacecraft has become the first mission to achieve orbit around a dwarf planet. The spac...

Space: The Solar System
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Supercomputer simulations could unlock mystery of Moon's formation - Supercomputer Simulations Could Unlock Mystery of Moon's Formation      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Astronomers have taken a step towards understanding how the Moon might have formed out of a giant co...

Space: Exploration Space: Structures and Features
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NASA's Swift, Fermi missions detect exceptional cosmic blast - NASA's Swift, Fermi Missions Detect Exceptional Cosmic Blast      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Astronomers around the world are captivated by an unusually bright and long-lasting pulse of high-en...

Space: Exploration Space: The Solar System
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Traces of ancient ocean discovered on Mars - Traces of Ancient Ocean Discovered on Mars      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

A recently released set of topography maps provides new evidence for an ancient northern ocean on Ma...

Geoscience: Geomagnetic Storms
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Rare 'superflares' could one day threaten Earth - Rare 'Superflares' Could One Day Threaten Earth      (via sciencedaily.com) 

New research shows that the sun could experience a massive burst of energy called a superflare somet...

Space: The Solar System
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Middle-aged sun observed by tracking motion of Mercury - Middle-Aged Sun Observed by Tracking Motion of Mercury      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Like the waistband of a couch potato in midlife, the orbits of planets in our solar system are expan...

Space: The Solar System
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Because you can't eat just one: Star will swallow two planets - Because You Can't Eat Just One: Star Will Swallow Two Planets      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Two worlds orbiting a distant star are about to become a snack of cosmic proportions. Astronomers an...

Space: The Solar System
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Saturn's tilt caused by its moons, researchers say - Saturn's Tilt Caused by Its Moons, Researchers Say      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Scientists have just shown that the influence of Saturn's satellites can explain the tilt of the rot...

Space: The Solar System
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Astronomers solve temperature mystery of planetary atmospheres - Astronomers Solve Temperature Mystery of Planetary Atmospheres      (via sciencedaily.com) 

An atmospheric peculiarity the Earth shares with Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune is likely commo...

Space: The Solar System
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Solar storms trigger Jupiter's 'northern lights' - Solar Storms Trigger Jupiter's 'Northern Lights'      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Solar storms trigger Jupiter's intense 'Northern Lights' by generating a new X-ray aurora that is ei...

Space: The Solar System
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Sun emits a solstice CME - Sun Emits a Solstice CME: What It Means for Earth      (via sciencedaily.com) 

On June 20, 2013, at 11:24 p.m., the sun erupted with an Earth-directed coronal mass ejection or CME...

Space: The Solar System
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Sun's coronal mass ejection results in aurora show on Earth - Sun's Coronal Mass Ejection Results in Aurora Show on Earth      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Over the July 14-15, 2012 weekend and through the early morning of July 16, Earth experienced what's...

Space: The Solar System
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Saturn's largest moon, Titan, may offer insights for Earth - Saturn's Largest Moon, Titan, May Offer Insights for Earth      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Scientists studying the weather and climate of Titan, Saturn's largest moon, have reported a signifi...