Subduction, a crucial geological process on Earth, may have begun hundreds of millions of years earlier than traditionally believed.
Earth Sciences
Aug 7, 2025
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Canada is sending troops and coast guard personnel to its easternmost province on Thursday to confront wildfires that have forced hundreds to evacuate, as the country endures one of its worst fire seasons on record.
Environment
Aug 7, 2025
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France's biggest wildfire this summer has been brought under control, authorities said Thursday, after it killed one person and destroyed thousands of hectares of land and dozens of homes in the south.
Environment
Aug 7, 2025
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The number of critically endangered black rhinos has increased slightly, but there is bad news for other rhino species, according to a global count released Thursday by the International Rhino Foundation.
Plants & Animals
Aug 7, 2025
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Copper has emerged as an ally in the battle against antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Copper sulfate liquids, for example, have been used since the 1700s to control fungal infections in vineyards, orchards and many other kinds ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 7, 2025
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Glaciers carved the deep valleys of Banff, eroded Ontario to deposit the fertile soils of the Prairies, and continue to change Earth's surface. But how fast do glaciers sculpt the landscape?
Earth Sciences
Aug 7, 2025
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The SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography) satellite captured the tsunami spawned by an 8.8 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula on July 30, 11:25 a.m. local time. The satellite, a joint effort ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 7, 2025
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NASA's Mars 2020 rover is continuing to explore a boundary visible from orbit dividing bright, fractured outcrop from darker, smoother regolith (also known as a contact).
Planetary Sciences
Aug 7, 2025
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SpaceX was not one of Amazon's original choices to fly up its Project Kuiper broadband internet satellites, but Elon Musk's company is about to knock out its second launch in less than a month for the company that seeks to ...
Space Exploration
Aug 7, 2025
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The ability to detect single photons (the smallest energy packets constituting electromagnetic radiation) in the infrared range has become a pressing need across numerous fields, from medical imaging and astrophysics to emerging ...
Optics & Photonics
Aug 7, 2025
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