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We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.

  1. Earth

    Corals keep eruption record

    Dust from a giant eruption is lodged within Florida coral.

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  2. Earth

    Taking a mountain’s measure

    A survey of Mount Everest alters its official elevation to 29,035 feet.

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  3. Earth

    Wretched weather sealed explorer’s fate

    Unusually low temperatures hindered Robert Falcon Scott's polar expedition in 1912.

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  4. Earth

    Seeded Clouds ‘Explode’

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