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- E(14 trillion eV )=m(?)c(close to the speed of light ) squared: This fall, the massive Large Hadron Collider beneath France and Switzerland will switch on
- Stranded: A whale of a mystery: Scientists generally agree that sonar can trigger strandings of certain whales, but no one really knows what leads these deep divers to the beach
- Sick and down: To fight off an infection or illness, the body shifts into a slow-down mode that mirrors some symptoms of depression. In fact, scientists now think the immune response itself may even cause the mood disorder.
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Thanks to global warming, within the lifetimes of certain reptiles in the South Pacific, all members of their species could be born male.Found in: Biology, Climate Change, Ecology, Environment and Science & Society
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Ancient microdiamonds embedded inside ancient zircons found in western Australia suggest that life may have existed on Earth up to 4.25 billion years ago.Found in: Earth
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Gas prices may need to climb more before most of us do the right thing.Found in: Climate Change, Environment and Science & Society
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Cruising in an icebreaker to the top of the world, scientists identified the aftermath of an event once thought impossible: a violent volcanic eruption on the deep-sea floor.Found in: Earth
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New fossils of an ancient, four-limbed creature help fill in the blanks of the evolutionary transition between fish and the first land-adapted vertebrates.Found in: Life and Paleontology
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Three teams suggest that a huge object slammed into Mars, giving the planet an unusually dualistic topography.Found in: Atom & Cosmos and Planetary Science
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An experiment may explain the origin of underwater waves that shape the sediment of continental slopes.Found in: Earth
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The Arctic tundra is under assault from trees, with serious implications for global climate change.Found in: Botany, Climate Change, Ecology, Environment and Science & Society
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