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Science • Jul 08

Can geoengineering blunt El Niño’s fury?

Marine cloud brightening could cool part of the Pacific and weaken extreme El Niños, simulations suggest. But the approach could have risks.

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Science • Jul 08

Seeding clouds with seawater could prevent a super El Niño

A modelling study suggests marine cloud brightening could shade the eastern Pacific and reduce a global temperature spike from El Niño, but there could be...

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Science • Jul 08

Can we geoengineer ourselves out of an El Niño year?

Throughout the coming months, El Niño is forecast to bring droughts, heat waves and other extreme weather to every continent on Earth.

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Science • Jul 08

World First: Scientists Witnessed a Piece of Earth's Oceanic Crust Being Born

Most of our planet's crust is forged in a thalassic factory human eyes never see.

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Science • Jul 08

From the lab to the moon: Lunar cement alternative survives 6 months on ISS and returned stronger in some tests

Building material samples from the University of Delaware spent six months mounted outside the International Space Station, where the harsh conditions of...

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Science • Jul 08

Neuropathologist not guilty of research misconduct, says university probe

Neuropathologist Adriano Aguzzi has been cleared of research misconduct and negligence in a probe of 36 studies he co-authored over 28 years.

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Science • Jul 08

Spread of Seafloor Directly Observed for the First Time

The spread of the ocean floor, as tectonic plates spread apart, is known but hard to observe. Scientists have now documented the process in action.

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Science • Jul 08

Scientists demonstrate precise embryo gene editing, warn on risks

New studies show base editing can precisely alter single DNA bases in human embryos, offering hope to prevent inherited diseases while scientists warn about...

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Science • Jul 08

About 50 kilometres above Venus’ surface, the crushing heat and pressure below give way to temperatures and air pressure surprisingly close to Earth’s, a region NASA has described as the most Earth-surface-like environment in the solar system — at least b

Venus is usually introduced as the planet that makes Mars look gentle. Its surface is hot enough to melt lead, its pressure is comparable to being nearly a.

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Science • Jul 08

Verification of the Outer Space Treaty with cosmic protons

The Outer Space Treaty (OST) was opened to signatures in 1967 and, since then, 117 countries, including China, the USA and Russia, have become part of it1.

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Science • Jul 08

LARES-2 satellite measures frame-dragging effect around the Earth

Laser-ranging provides some of the most precise tests of gravity in the weak-field regime, enabling experimental probes of Einstein's general theory of...

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Science • Jul 08

Why a gene-editing breakthrough has some experts worried

New research shows it's possible to edit the DNA of human embryos with more precision. But scientists warn it's still not safe.

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Science • Jul 08

SpaceX rocket launch from Florida. Where, when to watch

SpaceX is scheduled to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida this Thursday, July 9. Here's when, where to watch liftoff from the Space Coast.

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Science • Jul 08

Tiny 60,000-neuron ant brains reveal how parental care evolved from feeding circuits

Long before the dawn of modern parenting, animals laid eggs and moved on, leaving their progeny to fend for themselves. Now, a study published in Nature...

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Science • Jul 08

Ancient quasars add to a ‘major unsolved problem’ in astrophysics

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, July 8 (Reuters) - A quasar — among the universe's most luminous and energetic objects — is a supermassive black hole caught in...

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Science • Jul 08

Ancient quasars add to a 'major unsolved problem' in astrophysics

A quasar — among the universe's most luminous and energetic objects — is a supermassive black hole caught in the act of guzzling matter at the ​heart of a...

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Science • Jul 08

Secretive Chinese probe snaps first photo of Earth's mysterious 'quasi-moon' — and it may pose a big problem

A secretive Chinese spacecraft has captured the first-ever close-up photo of one of Earth's temporary "quasi-moons" after arriving there for a potential...

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Science • Jul 08

Ancient Roman May Have Been the World’s First Collector of Sea Monster Fossils

Whether this person was an early paleontologist or a fanatic of Greek myths, researchers aren't sure.

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Science • Jul 08

Observation of Floquet rotational super-radiance

Time-driven systems provide a framework for controlling waves through spatio-temporal modulation, which enables the synthesis of effective motion without...

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Science • Jul 08

Anatomy of a seafloor spreading event captured by in situ seismogeodesy

Over geological time, the growth of the ocean floor involves magmatic and tectonic extension1 at mid-ocean ridges (MORs). Because seismogeodetic monitoring...

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