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A n asteroid discovered in 2024 has been placed at level 3 on the Torino impact scale, with a small chance of impact with ...

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T he Stevns Klint (Cliffs of Stevns) in Denmark are perhaps best known for providing evidence of the dinosaur-ending ...

Type II polar stratospheric clouds (PSCs) are known as one of the most beautiful cloud types in Earth's repertoire, appearing ...

D uring the reign of Emperor Hadrian, two Jewish outlaws stood trial for a series of crimes including the freeing of slaves ...

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A new ally is emerging in the increasingly urgent battle against superbugs – and you might have encountered it before at the ...

Organic molecules – including amino acids absent in known biology – salts, and nucleotides were found in the historic ...