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Snow cover provides a heavy blanket of winter mulch that insulates the soil, prevents heat from escaping and keeps soil ...
Last August, archaeologists discovered a number of artefacts in Indonesia that could transform theories of early human migrations.
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A rare disruption like a major solar storm could overwhelm Earth's satellite system and trigger a debris-producing disaster ...
A group of ocean bacteria long considered perfectly adapted to life in nutrient-poor waters may be more vulnerable to ...
A new IAEA research project will investigate how artificial intelligence can be used to strengthen non-destructive testing techniques used in disaster response. The project aims to enable faster, ...
The Ediacara Biota are some of the strangest fossils ever found—soft-bodied organisms preserved in remarkable detail where ...
A sprawling winter storm that left hundreds of thousands without power, grounded thousands of flights and disrupted travel ...