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The oxygenation of Earth’s air might owe a lot to plate tectonics - Ars Technica

The oxygenation of Earth’s air might owe a lot to plate tectonics - Ars Technica

Getting carbon and sulfur into Earth’s interior may be part of oxygen’s story.

An astronaut’s mystery illness could change the way NASA plans future missions - CNN

An astronaut’s mystery illness could change the way NASA plans future missions - CNN

A health scare prompted the first ever early return from the International Space Station for a medical reason. Does it change the plan for deep space missions?

China Launches Synthetic Human Embryos to Space Station - Futurism

China Launches Synthetic Human Embryos to Space Station - Futurism

China sent a batch of synthetic human embryos to its Tiangong space station, in an experiment to explore human reproduction in space.

Gold glitters around Ghana's 'lake of souls' thanks to catastrophic meteor strike — Earth from space - Live Science

Gold glitters around Ghana's 'lake of souls' thanks to catastrophic meteor strike — Earth from space - Live Science

A 2015 satellite photo shows a series of golden tendrils surrounding Ghana's Lake Bosumtwi, which is considered sacred to the local Asante people. The lake and its surroundings were shaped by a massive meteor impact around 1 million years ago.

Just 1.2 billion years after the Big Bang, galaxies were already shaped by where they lived - Phys.org

Just 1.2 billion years after the Big Bang, galaxies were already shaped by where they lived - Phys.org

A large protocluster of galaxies that existed 12.6 billion years ago, first discovered with the Subaru Telescope, has been examined in detail using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The study found that galaxies in crowded regions are more extended than …

Scientists Discovered Remains of the Earliest Animals on Earth. They May Have Made a Big Mistake. - Yahoo

Scientists Discovered Remains of the Earliest Animals on Earth. They May Have Made a Big Mistake. - Yahoo

They looked like traces left behind by tiny creatures, but were most likely microbes.

Something Made Earth's Molten Core Reverse Direction in 2010 - ScienceAlert

Something Made Earth's Molten Core Reverse Direction in 2010 - ScienceAlert

Something strange is going on, deep below the ground beneath our feet.

Bizarre ‘witch croc’ that looks just like a dinosaur discovered in New Mexico - BBC Wildlife Magazine

Bizarre ‘witch croc’ that looks just like a dinosaur discovered in New Mexico - BBC Wildlife Magazine

It might look like a dinosaur, but this strange, newly-discovered Triassic reptile belongs to the evolutionary lineage that led to crocodiles…

Why AI can’t be trusted to write scientific reviews - Nature

Why AI can’t be trusted to write scientific reviews - Nature

The production of the highest-quality literature reviews requires the judgement and expertise of people.