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EarthEarth’s plate boundaries may nurture diamond formation
An experiment mimicking conditions deep in the Earth suggests that some tectonic plate boundaries may make ideal diamond nurseries.
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AnimalsHow koalas sing low
Extra set of vocal cords lets males hit surprisingly low notes.
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EarthCryovolcano
An ice volcano that erupts slurries of volatile compounds such as water or methane instead of lava.
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NeuroscienceFear can be inherited
Parents’ and even grandparents’ experiences echo in offspring, a study of mice finds.
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ComputingFastest supercomputers
The new list of the world’s fastest computers, now in its 20th year, has China’s Tianhe-2 on top with a processing speed of 33.9