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Big banks promised to protect the planet. Now they're doing an about-face.
Big banks and asset managers are a powerful force in fighting the climate crisis, but many of them …
Catherine Boudreau
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Another point for life on Mars: Signs of liquid water discovered under the planet's surface
NASA's InSight lander measured Marsquakes, and now its data is hinting there's a reservoir of liqui…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Massive amounts of frozen water found underneath Mars' equator!
For years, the towering dust sculptures of the Medusae Fossae Formation on Mars have baffled scient…
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Planet of the Apes IRL, soon? Scientists say chimpanzees can speak like humans — they just need the right care
New research has suggested that chimpanzees could potentially learn to speak human words if given t…
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New "fiery" exoplanet discovered, found to display volcanic activity like Jupiter's Io
In a known star system about 66 light years away from Sun, the astrophysicists discovered signal…
PTI
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An interplanetary collision might have shrunk Mercury to its current size, scientists think
Mercury, the smallest and closest planet to the Sun, has long captivated scientists with its extrem…
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A mysterious Jupiter-sized planet that shouldn't exist is as puffy as a marshmallow and astronomers finally think they know why
"Super puff" WASP 107b confused scientists for years. Now, two independent teams of astronomers thi…
Ellyn Lapointe
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What it would take to survive on Dune's planet Arrakis, according to 3 experts
Three experts explain what it would take for humans to survive the heat, lack of water, and other h…
Jenny McGrath
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A 13-year-old found a 5-million-year-old fossil, and now there's a new species of walrus named in his honor
A 13-year-old saw a skull protruding from a boulder. The fossil belonged to an ancient toothless wa…
Jenny McGrath
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Venus has Earth-like plate tectonics, indicating possibility of hosting life once
Venus, known as a scorching wasteland of a planet, may have once had tectonic plate movements simil…
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Katy Perry's new song 'Woman's World' isn't as bad as we feared. It's worse.
Katy Perry released "Woman's World" on Thursday as the lead single for her new album, "143." It's v…
Callie Ahlgrim
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Comets that bounce around the universe could be delivering the ingredients for life to alien planets
It could help narrow down the search for exoplanets that have the correct conditions for a comet to…
Marianne Guenot
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Humans have launched so much to space that it's actually polluting Earth's atmosphere, a new study found
Researchers traced the metals back to rockets and satellites, and believe the objects could be chan…
Sonam Sheth,Jessica Orwig
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A newly found ‘super’ Earth only takes 2.4 days to complete a year
That means where Earth takes 365.25 days to complete a year, this new super Earth does in less than…
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Chunks of an alien world could be hidden deep within our planet, say scientists
A supercomputer simulation has provided new evidence that continent-sized chunks of Theia, which he…
Marianne Guenot
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Marathons are terrible for the planet, presenting a climate dilemma for elite runners: to fly or not to fly?
Marathons in London and Toronto are becoming more sustainable. But thousands of runners travel inte…
Catherine Boudreau
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Gardeners are fuming about a study that found produce from urban farms has a high carbon footprint
Researchers are facing backlash over a study that found produce grown on urban farms has a higher c…
Catherine Boudreau
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Google's shiny new AI gave the wrong information in a promo video — again
Gemini suggested opening a film camera without a dark room, which would ruin the photos. Google's d…
Shubhangi Goel
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NASA scientists think some planets are shrinking because powerful radiation from their cores is pushing away their atmospheres
The mystery of a missing class of planets has had NASA astronomers scratching their heads. New evid…
Sebastian Cahill,Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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The first life forms on Earth might have come from Saudi Arabia, scientists find new proof
Scientists have unearthed living stromatolites — ancient geological structures made from algae — on…