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Galaxy IC 2006

Galaxy death starts at the core and moves outward

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Galaxy death starts when the core stops making new stars, but the outskirts continue star production, says a new release by the ESA/Hubble Information Centre. For...
Glitter cloud for telescopes

Glitter clouds to take images of new worlds in space, NASA

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NASA plans to use clouds of reflective glitter-like particles rather than mirrors to help it find stars and planets beyond our solar system. This...
Human skull cup

Britons ate each other 15,000 years ago, evidence shows

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Britons ate each other, probably as part of mortuary practice about 15,000 years ago, a new study on the human remains from Gough’s Cave in...
Earth collision

Mercury-like planet and Earth collided, and then there was life

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If a Mercury-like planet had not collided with Earth billions of years ago, our planet would probably not have developed a magnetic field, which...
acorn and squirrel

Acorn crops lower and of poorer quality in UK due to climate change

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The quality and quantity of British acorn crops has been affected by global warming, says a new study issued by the Woodland Trust, a conservation charity...
rotting meat sensor

Meat sensor tells you when it is safe or not to eat

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Scientists at MIT have created a cheap, portable sensor that can tell you when meat or fish in your fridge or at the grocery...
universe

100,000 galaxy search for intelligent life finds nothing compelling

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100,000 galaxies have been searched by scientists for signs of super-advanced alien civilizations - they have so far found nothing compelling. However, some galaxies showed unusually...
Galaxy cluster

Dark matter seen interacting with a non-gravity force, so not completely ‘dark’

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Signs of dark matter possibly interacting with a force other than gravity have been observed by an international team of scientists from the UK,...
Zombie Worm

Osedax Zombie worm has eaten up many fossil bones, scientists say

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The Zombie worm, known formally as the Osedax worm, has been eating the bones of large creatures in our oceans for millions of years....
Neanderthals

Neanderthals may have eaten their dead children

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Bone fossils of two adults and a child suggest Neanderthals may have eaten their dead children, as well as adult carcasses, say researchers from...