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First rocks returned from Moon’s far side reveal ancient volcanic activity
Researchers have had their first-ever look at samples brought back from the Moon’s far side — and they detail a…
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Trump’s shadow looms at climate summit: what COP29 could deliver
The COP29 climate summit, where negotiators from more than 200 nations will meet, opened on 11 November.Credit: Alexander Nemenov/AFP via…
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Five protein-design questions that still challenge AI
Alena Khmelinskaia wants designing bespoke proteins to be as simple as ordering a meal. Picture a vending machine, she says,…
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My career path from chemist to spin-off co-founder to chief technology officer
Gaëlle Andreatta (left) and Julia Carpenter are working to bring a new type of metal foam to market.Credit: Apheros In…
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Do disruptive climate protests work? Real-time survey finally offers answers
A Just Stop Oil activist hoists a banner during the group’s blockade of the M25 motorway, some sections of which…
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Is there life on Jupiter’s moon Europa? NASA launches mission to find hints
Jupiter’s moon Europa is thought to hide a saltwater ocean beneath its icy surface.Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill A SpaceX rocket…
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Author Correction: Fault-network geometry influences earthquake frictional behaviour
Authors and Affiliations Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA Jaeseok Lee, Victor C. Tsai & Greg Hirth…
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what it will take to reopen Three Mile Island safely
Microsoft announced on 20 September that it had struck a 20-year deal to purchase energy from a dormant nuclear power…
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Scientists successfully ‘nuke asteroid’ — in a lab mock-up
Scientists and science-fiction writers have long asked whether a nuclear explosion could change the course of an asteroid headed for…
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how conquest and carnage have decimated landscapes worldwide
The Burning Earth: A History Sunil Amrith W. W. Norton (2024) In the 1620s, King Charles I of England commissioned…
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