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World's oldest DNA discovery breaks million-year record

World’s oldest DNA discovery breaks million-year record

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Reconstruction of the Kap København formation two million years ago at a time when the temperature was significantly warmer than far northern Greenland today. 1 credit Two-million-year-old DNA has been identified for the first time, opening a new “game-changing” chapter in evolutionary history. Microscopic fragments of environmental DNA have been found in Ice Age sediments …

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Record number of plastic nurdles found on beaches as environmental groups call for tougher laws

Record number of plastic nurdles found on beaches as environmental groups call for tougher laws

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More nurdles have been found on beaches than ever before as environmental groups push for legislation to classify them as marine pollutants so they are subject to stricter laws when handling and transporting them. Nurdles are tiny plastic pellets used by industry to produce almost all of our plastic products, but spills from factories and …

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Strongest Arctic cyclone on record led to startling loss of sea ice, study shows

Strongest Arctic cyclone on record led to startling loss of sea ice, study shows

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A view from a ship of the Arctic Ocean in October 2015, when the surface of the ocean begins to freeze. In January, when the massive 2022 cyclone hit, large sections of the Arctic Ocean would be covered in a layer of sea ice. Credit: Ed Blanchard-Wrigglesworth/University of Washington Global warming is causing a decrease …

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NASA's Orion spacecraft reaches record distance from Earth on Artemis I mission | CNN

NASA’s Orion spacecraft reaches record distance from Earth on Artemis I mission | CNN

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Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN — The Orion spacecraft, which is at the heart of NASA’s historic Artemis I mission, reached its furthest distance from Earth on Monday afternoon, breaking the record for the furthest distance ever traveled by …

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NASA Artemis I - Orion spacecraft exceeds Apollo 13 record distance from Earth

NASA Artemis I – Orion spacecraft exceeds Apollo 13 record distance from Earth

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On flight day 11, NASA’s Orion spacecraft captured images looking down at Earth from a camera mounted on one of its solar panels. The spacecraft is currently in a distant retrograde orbit around the Moon. Credit: NASA On Day 11 of the Artemis I mission, Orion continues its journey beyond the Moon after entering a …

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NASA's Orion spacecraft is about to set a distance record from Earth

NASA’s Orion spacecraft is about to set a distance record from Earth

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Comment this story Comment Ten days after launching from Kennedy Space Center, NASA’s Orion spacecraft entered a deep orbit around the Moon on Friday, achieving another key milestone in a mission that space agency officials say will s has gone extremely well so far. Orion’s thrusters fired at 4:52 p.m. Eastern Time for 1.5 minutes, …

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First collisions of lead ions in the Large Hadron Collider at record energy

First collisions of lead ions in the Large Hadron Collider at record energy

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Event displays of the first Pb-Pb collision of Run3 taken on November 18, 2022. Credit: CERN On Friday, November 18, a test using lead ion collisions was performed in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and allowed experiments to validate new detectors and data processing systems before lead-lead physics next year. Course. After the successful start …

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Record heat on the Great Barrier Reef raises fears of a second summer of coral bleaching

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Ocean temperatures over parts of the Great Barrier Reef have reached record highs this month, raising fears of a second consecutive summer of massive coral bleaching. Data from the US government’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows sea surface temperatures in the northern parts of the reef were the highest in any November since …

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First lead ion collisions in the LHC at record energy

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On Friday 18 November, a test using lead ion collisions was carried out in the LHC and allowed the experiments to validate the new detectors and the new data processing systems before the next lead-lead physics campaign. Run3’s first Pb-Pb collision event displays taken on November 18, 2022 (Picture: CERN)After the successful start of Run …

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