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  'Cold Snap' 116 Million Years Ago Triggered Marine Ecosystem Crisis

  June 16, 2013 — A "cold snap" 116 million years ago triggered a similar marine ecosystem crisis to the ones witnessed in the past as a result of global warming, according to new research. The international study ... > full story
• Nature of Water
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  Noble Gases Hitch a Ride on Hydrous Minerals

  June 16, 2013 — The six noble gases do not normally dissolve into minerals, leaving earth scientists to wonder how they are recycled back into the Earth. Now, researchers have discovered that the lattice structure ... > full story
• Water
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  Water in Earth's Crust and Upper Mantle May Not Lubricate Plate Tectonics as Much as Previously Assumed

  June 12, 2013 — Water in olivin mineral reveals less important ... > full story
• Mars
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  Marks on Martian Dunes May Be Tracks of Dry-Ice Sleds

  June 11, 2013 — NASA research indicates hunks of frozen carbon dioxide -- dry ice -- may glide down some Martian sand dunes on cushions of gas similar to miniature hovercraft, plowing furrows as they go. Researchers ... > full story
• Cosmic Rays
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  Moon Radiation Findings May Reduce Health Risks to Astronauts

  June 11, 2013 — Space scientists report that data gathered by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter show lighter materials like plastics provide effective shielding against the radiation hazards faced by astronauts ... > full story
• Mars
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  Martian Clay Contains Chemical Implicated in the Origin of Life, Astrobiologists Find

  June 10, 2013 — Researchers have discovered high concentrations of boron in a Martian meteorite. When present in its oxidized form (borate), boron may have played a key role in the formation of RNA, one of the ... > full story
• Spintronics
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  Scientists Discover New Family of Quasicrystals

  June 10, 2013 — Scientists have discovered a new family of rare-earth quasicrystals using an algorithm they developed to help pinpoint them. Their research resulted in finding the only known magnetic rare earth ... > full story
• Origin of Life
  Earth Science
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  Early Climate
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  New Theory Proposes Solution to Long-Running Debate as to How Stable the Earth System Is

  June 10, 2013 — Researchers have proposed an answer to the long-running debate as to how stable the Earth system is. Earth, with its core-driven magnetic field, oceans of liquid water, dynamic climate and abundant ... > full story
• Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
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  Radar Movies Highlight Asteroid 1998 QE2 and Its Moon

  June 7, 2013 — Scientists working with NASA's 230-foot-wide (70-meter) Deep Space Network antenna at Goldstone, Calif., have released a second, longer, more refined movie clip of asteroid 1998 QE2 and its moon. The ... > full story
• Extrasolar Planets
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  Astronomers Gear Up to Discover Earth-Like Planets

  June 6, 2013 — Dust clouds around stars are thought to hide many undiscovered planets with conditions suitable for life, but observations have been hampered by the fact that only the brightest such clouds can be ... > full story

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