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Frozen forest discovery hints at future alpine ecosystem changes

Diana Setterberg

Montana State University scientists say the frozen remnants of an ancient forest discovered 600 feet above the modern tree line on the Beartooth Plateau may portend possible changes for the alpine ec ...[Continue Reading]

Phys.Org

2 days ago

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Scientists find quantum entanglement on incredibly tiny scales within individual protons

Robert Lea

Scientists have used high-energy particle collisions to peer inside protons, the particles that sit inside the nuclei of all atoms. This has revealed for the first time that quarks and gluons, the bu ...[Continue Reading]

Space.com

1 day ago

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STALKER 2 kicks off special giveaway to fundraise for generators for Ukrainian schools here's what you can win

lowryb3865@gmail.com (Brendan Lowry)

GSC Game World the developer of the long-awaited open-world survival shooter STALKER 2 that released in November to much critical and player fanfare has partnered with Ukraine's official fundrais ...[Continue Reading]

Windows Central

1 day ago


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NASA hedges its bets on costly Mars rock mission

Nell Greenfieldboyce

NASA's Perseverance rover took this photo next to a rock where it drilled for samples. NASA wants to bring samples collected by this rover back to Earth. NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS On the surface of Mar ...[Continue Reading]

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Sunken worlds under the Pacific? High-res models reveal workings of Earth's mantle

Peter Regg

Geophysicists at ETH Zurich are using models of the lower mantle to identify areas where earthquake waves behave differently than previously assumed. This indicates the presence of zones of rocks tha ...[Continue Reading]

Phys.Org

1 day ago


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Dangerously Cold Temperatures Are Way below Normal, but Normal Is Getting Warmer

Richard B. (Ricky) Rood, The Conversation US

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. An Arctic blast hitting the central and eastern U.S. in early January 2025 ...[Continue Reading]

Scientific American

1 day ago