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Researchers used two isotope decay methods to confirm the age of ancient magma in the Nuvvuagittuq rocks.
Masaaki Miyahara said it’s like finding a tropical seed in Arctic ice - suggesting either a surprising local environment or long-distance transport in the early solar system.
The newly discovered viruses are closely related to deadly viruses that can cause severe brain inflammation and respiratory disease in humans, with mortality rates reaching up to 75%.
Researchers monitored 53 adult apes in the sumatran rainforest for fourteen years and found their naps extend five to ten minutes for each lost hour of night sleep.
Using its Mid-Infrared Instrument, JWST directly imaged TWA 7b, ten times lighter than any exoplanet previously captured in images.
The wasp discovered is the only known species worldwide to exhibit such dramatic adaptations for life in complete darknes.
Originally misidentified as Nanosaurus, the metre-long teen fossil is the most complete early small dinosaur skeleton ever discovered, researchers say.
Conspiracy believers think they are in the majority 93% of the time, even when they are in a tiny minority.
Scientists suggest their secretive lifestyle and slow metabolism helped them endure the mass extinction.
Researchers used epigenome engineering and CRISPR to reprogram sperm DNA, allowing embryos to develop with only fathers.