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Since We Won’t Get To Mars On Musk’s Timeline Here’s Why 2084 Might Be A Good GoalAn astronaut walking on what looks like the surface of Mars with Earth in the distance in front of them.

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Since We Won’t Get To Mars On Musk’s Timeline Here’s Why 2084 Might Be A Good GoalAn astronaut walking on what looks like the surface of Mars with Earth in the distance in front of them.
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Earth's "Basement" Finally Mapped: Ancient Sunken Plates Are Making Waves In The Deep MantleCross section of the varying layers of the Earth.

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Earth's "Basement" Finally Mapped: Ancient Sunken Plates Are Making Waves In The Deep MantleCross section of the varying layers of the Earth.
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Earth's "Basement" Finally Mapped: Ancient Sunken Plates Are Making Waves In The Deep Mantle

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Homo Erectus Made Handaxes With Fossils And Crystals As “Mediators Between Humans And The Cosmos”A Palaeolithic handaxe with a geode at its center

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Homo Erectus Made Handaxes With Fossils And Crystals As “Mediators Between Humans And The Cosmos”A Palaeolithic handaxe with a geode at its center
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Homo Erectus Made Handaxes With Fossils And Crystals As “Mediators Between Humans And The Cosmos”

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"A Rare Example of Exceptional Fossil Preservation": Major Animal Groups Were Living On The Seafloor Millions Of Years Before The Cambrian ExplosionA reconstruction of the Reconstruction of Jiangchuan biota, which at ~554-539 million years ago preceeded the Cambrian Explosion

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"A Rare Example of Exceptional Fossil Preservation": Major Animal Groups Were Living On The Seafloor Millions Of Years Before The Cambrian ExplosionA reconstruction of the Reconstruction of Jiangchuan biota, which at ~554-539 million years ago preceeded the Cambrian Explosion
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"A Rare Example of Exceptional Fossil Preservation": Major Animal Groups Were Living On The Seafloor Millions Of Years Before The Cambrian Explosion

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You Can Now Track Artemis II As It Flies Towards The Moon And Beyond. Here's Howa 3d render of the space around Earth with circle showing the position of Earth, orion, and moon in orbit.

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You Can Now Track Artemis II As It Flies Towards The Moon And Beyond. Here's Howa 3d render of the space around Earth with circle showing the position of Earth, orion, and moon in orbit.
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This Wonderfully Well-Preserved Fossil From 34 Million Years Ago Shows The Earliest Emperor ButterflyFossil of the new species Apaturoides monikae, a rare butterfly fossil.

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This Wonderfully Well-Preserved Fossil From 34 Million Years Ago Shows The Earliest Emperor ButterflyFossil of the new species Apaturoides monikae, a rare butterfly fossil.
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This Wonderfully Well-Preserved Fossil From 34 Million Years Ago Shows The Earliest Emperor Butterfly

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A New Island Has Been Discovered Off The Coast Of Fiji. It Appears To Have Been Made By Humans, 1,200 Years In Our PastA view of Fiji's Vanua Levu Island.

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A New Island Has Been Discovered Off The Coast Of Fiji. It Appears To Have Been Made By Humans, 1,200 Years In Our PastA view of Fiji's Vanua Levu Island.
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A New Island Has Been Discovered Off The Coast Of Fiji. It Appears To Have Been Made By Humans, 1,200 Years In Our Past

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“Why Did This Evolve? It Didn’t. It Was Already There”: 100-Year-Old Mystery Of Why Mitochondria Sometimes Look Like Strings Of Pearls Finally Solvedcolorful microscope images in a three by three grid, showing mitochondria that are squised to look like strings of beads with colourful nucleoids inside them; the style is reminiscent of pop art

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“Why Did This Evolve? It Didn’t. It Was Already There”: 100-Year-Old Mystery Of Why Mitochondria Sometimes Look Like Strings Of Pearls Finally Solvedcolorful microscope images in a three by three grid, showing mitochondria that are squised to look like strings of beads with colourful nucleoids inside them; the style is reminiscent of pop art
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“Why Did This Evolve? It Didn’t. It Was Already There”: 100-Year-Old Mystery Of Why Mitochondria Sometimes Look Like Strings Of Pearls Finally Solved

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New Deep-Space Color Image And Revolutionary Insight About Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS From Jupiter-Bound JUICE MissionA wide, dark sky is filled with countless tiny points of light, like a dense spray of stars. Near the lower left of centre, a small, soft green glow stands out among the stars, appearing slightly fuzzy compared to the sharp pinpoints around it. This is comet 3I/ATLAS. The rest of the scene fades into deep black space with scattered stars of varying brightness.

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New Deep-Space Color Image And Revolutionary Insight About Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS From Jupiter-Bound JUICE MissionA wide, dark sky is filled with countless tiny points of light, like a dense spray of stars. Near the lower left of centre, a small, soft green glow stands out among the stars, appearing slightly fuzzy compared to the sharp pinpoints around it. This is comet 3I/ATLAS. The rest of the scene fades into deep black space with scattered stars of varying brightness.
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New Deep-Space Color Image And Revolutionary Insight About Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS From Jupiter-Bound JUICE Mission

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Forbidden Range Of Gravitational Waves Hints At Supernovae So Powerful That They Can’t Form Black HolesThis artist’s impression shows a stellar explosion with subtle hints of a black hole binary in the background.

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Forbidden Range Of Gravitational Waves Hints At Supernovae So Powerful That They Can’t Form Black HolesThis artist’s impression shows a stellar explosion with subtle hints of a black hole binary in the background.
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Jonathan The Tortoise, The World's Oldest Known Land Animal, Confirmed Alive After Viral Celebrity Death Hoax Jonathan, the world's oldest tortoise, is "very much alive and well."

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Jonathan The Tortoise, The World's Oldest Known Land Animal, Confirmed Alive After Viral Celebrity Death Hoax Jonathan, the world's oldest tortoise, is "very much alive and well."
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Jonathan The Tortoise, The World's Oldest Known Land Animal, Confirmed Alive After Viral Celebrity Death Hoax

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“It’s Something Even The Gods Are Subject To”: Native American Dice Show A Conceptual Leap That Took Europe Thousands Of Years To RecreateA figure from a research paper showing both sides of five example dice recovered from the Rockies.

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“It’s Something Even The Gods Are Subject To”: Native American Dice Show A Conceptual Leap That Took Europe Thousands Of Years To RecreateA figure from a research paper showing both sides of five example dice recovered from the Rockies.
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“It’s Something Even The Gods Are Subject To”: Native American Dice Show A Conceptual Leap That Took Europe Thousands Of Years To Recreate

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For First Time, These Tiny Fish Have Been Filmed Climbing Up A Vertical Waterfall In Arduous 10-Hour AscentLots of small, grey-brown fish cling onto a wet cliff face as they attempt to climb up a waterfall using their fins.

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For First Time, These Tiny Fish Have Been Filmed Climbing Up A Vertical Waterfall In Arduous 10-Hour AscentLots of small, grey-brown fish cling onto a wet cliff face as they attempt to climb up a waterfall using their fins.
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For First Time, These Tiny Fish Have Been Filmed Climbing Up A Vertical Waterfall In Arduous 10-Hour Ascent

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Why Is Modern Life So Exhausting? The Joy Of Games Vs The Misery Of Metricsa writer at their desk is burnt out, as demonstrated by the burnt match where their head is supposed to be

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