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Marine fungus can break down floating plastic pollution

[ad_1] A plastic particle (red) is colonised by the marine fungus Parengyodontium album Annika Vaksmaa/NIOZ A fungus found on litter floating in the North Pacific

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How many moons and moonmoons could we cram into Earth’s orbit?

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Astronaut medical records reveal the health toll of space travel

[ad_1] Astronauts Robert L. Curbeam Jr. (left) and Christer Fuglesang on the International Space Station NASA More light could be shed on how space flight

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What “naked” singularities are revealing about quantum space-time

[ad_1] adbobe stock/Erika Eros/Alamy/collarge ryan wills Deep inside a black hole, the cosmos gets twisted beyond comprehension. Here, at some infinitesimal point of infinite density,

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The first stars in the universe could have formed surprisingly early

[ad_1] An image captured by the James Webb Space Telescope showing thousands of extremely distant galaxies NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Webb ERO Production Team The

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Ozempic and Wegovy linked to lower risk of alcoholism

[ad_1] Semaglutide, sold as Ozempic or Wegovy, is given as an injection to treat diabetes or promote weight loss Marc Bruxelle / Alamy Stock Photo

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How dodo de-extinction is helping rescue the extraordinary pink pigeon

[ad_1] Vikash Tatayah had never heard of Colossal Biosciences until the Texas-based company announced plans last year to bring back the dodo. Widely known for

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A surprisingly quick enzyme could shift our understanding of evolution

[ad_1] An enzyme that helps copy DNA strands like these may be most accurate when working quickly Alexey Kotelnikov / Alamy Stock Photo By trying

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The largest volcanoes on Mars have frosted tips during winter

[ad_1] A view of frost on Olympus Mons ESA/DLR/FU Berlin As winter mornings dawn on Mars, the tips of its largest volcanoes become covered in

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Elephants seem to invent names for each other

[ad_1] Two juvenile elephants greet each other in Samburu National Reserve in Kenya George Wittemyer Elephants may be the only animals besides humans to come