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Space: The Solar System
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Student-built dust counter got few 'hits' on Pluto flyby - Student-Built Dust Counter Got Few 'Hits' on Pluto Flyby      (via sciencedaily.com) 

A student-built instrument riding on NASA's New Horizons spacecraft found only a handful of dust gra...

Space: The Solar System
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Mercury's scorching daytime heat may help it make its own ice at caps - Mercury's Scorching Daytime Heat May Help It Make Its Own Ice at Caps      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Despite Mercury's 400-degree Celsius daytime heat, there is ice at its caps. And now a study shows h...

Space: The Solar System
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Mercury's thin, dense crust - Mercury's Thin, Dense Crust: A Fascinating Mystery Unveiled      (via sciencedaily.com) 

A planetary scientist has used careful mathematical calculations to determine the density of Mercury...

Space: The Solar System
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Mercury's poles may be icier than scientists thought - Mercury's Poles May Be Icier Than Scientists Thought      (via sciencedaily.com) 

A new study identifies three large surface ice deposits near Mercury's north pole, and suggests ther...

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 see 'warm' glow of Uranus's rings - Astronomers See 'Warm' Glow of Uranus's Rings      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Two telescopes have measured the faint heat from the main, or epsilon ring, of Uranus, enabling astr...

Space: Exploration Space: The Solar System
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Mars was once covered by 300-meter deep oceans, study shows - Mars was Once Covered by 300-meter Deep Oceans, Study Shows      (via sciencedaily.com) 

When Mars was a young planet, it was bombarded by icy asteroids that delivered water and organic che...

Paleontology: Fossils
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Ray-finned fish survived mass extinction event - Ray-Finned Fish Survived Mass Extinction Event      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Ray-finned fish, now the most diverse group of backboned animals, were not as hard hit by a mass ext...

Archaeology: General
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Famous rock art cave in Spain was used by ancient humans for over 50,000 years - Famous Rock Art Cave in Spain: A Testament to Ancient Human History      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

A cave in southern Spain was used by ancient humans as a canvas for artwork and as a burial place fo...

Environmental: Ecosystems
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Fungal spores from 250-year-old collections given new lease of life - Fungal Spores from 250-Year-Old Collections Given New Lease of Life      (via sciencedaily.com) 

The biological and historical diversity in museum collections is staggering, with specimens collecte...

Archaeology: General
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Evidence that giant meteorite impacts created the continents - Evidence that Giant Meteorite Impacts Created the Continents      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

New research has provided the strongest evidence yet that Earth's continents were formed by giant me...

Anthropology: Early Humans
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When did the genetic variations that make us human emerge? - When Did the Genetic Variations That Make Us Human Emerge?      (via sciencedaily.com) 

The study of the genomes of our closest relatives, the Neanderthals and Denisovans, has opened up ne...

Biology: Zoology Ecology: Animals
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Chicken breeding in Japan dates back to fourth century BCE - Chicken Breeding in Japan: A Rich History Dating Back to Fourth Century BCE      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Conclusive evidence of chicken breeding in the Yayoi period of Japan has been discovered from the Ka...

Space: Exploration Space: Structures and Features
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Hubble sheds light on origins of supermassive black holes - Hubble Sheds Light on Origins of Supermassive Black Holes      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Astronomers have identified a rapidly growing black hole in the early universe that is considered a...