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NASA launches bold mission to rescue a falling space telescope before it crashes to Earth NASA's Swift Observatory is slated to enter Earth's atmosphere later this year, but the Katalyst Space spacecraft aims to boost it higher this summer.
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Ancient-DNA analysis solves 500-year-old mystery of what killed 2 Medici brothers An ancient-DNA analysis of the bones of two members of the Renaissance Medici family has confirmed they had malaria when they died.
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Study suggests life on Earth has around 1.8 billion years left — but the biosphere might evolve to survive even longer Using complex climate models, researchers have pinned down the point at which life will no longer be able to survive on Earth.
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Antarctica's first dinosaur fossil belonged to a group of the largest land animals ever Researchers have identified the first-ever dinosaur fossil discovered on Antarctica, revealing it belonged to a titanosaur.
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Scientists propose launching a giant 'airbag' into space to protect us from solar superstorms — and experts say it's 'quite feasible' A new study suggests creating a satellite constellation, dubbed StormWall, that could reduce the impacts of the worst solar storms by more than 50%. The novel plan, which involves dumping gas into the magnetosphere, could be the only way to directly protect ourselves from dangerous space weather, experts say.
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Dead-end bitcoin mining wastes as much energy as Switzerland's entire hydropower generation capacity Researchers reveal that we waste a huge amount of energy on redundant bitcoin mining operations — where different miners try to grab the same bitcoin.
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70 mind-blowing science facts about our incredible world If you're looking for weird facts about animals, gross human body facts or just something a bit random, get ready to geek out with these fascinating bits of trivia.
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