New research suggests liquid water is present beneath the south polar ice cap of Mars. Now, a new study argues there needs to be an underground source of heat for …read more Source:: Science
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Life thrived on Earth 3.5 billion years ago, research suggests
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•3.5 billion years ago Earth hosted life, but was it barely surviving, or thriving? A new study led by researchers at the Earth-Life Science Institute of Tokyo Tech provides new …read more Source:: Science
Static electricity could charge our electronics
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•Static electricity is one of the most common, yet poorly understand, forms of power generation. A new study suggests the cause of this hair-raising phenomenon is tiny structural changes that …read more Source:: Science
Harvesting renewable energy from the sun and outer space at the same time
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•Scientists have demonstrated for the first time that heat from the sun and coldness from outer space can be collected simultaneously with a single device. Their research suggests that devices …read more Source:: Science
Mars: Oxygen-rich, life-supporting liquid water?
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•Given the right circumstances, water on Mars could hold more oxygen than previously believed, theoretically enough to support aerobic respiration, new research suggests. …read more Source:: Science
Fossil evidence of large flowering trees in N. America 15 millions years earlier
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•A newly discovered fossil suggests that large, flowering trees grew in North America by the Turonian age, showing that these large trees were part of the forest canopies there nearly …read more Source:: Science
Violence in pre-Columbian Panama exaggerated, new study shows
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•An oft-cited publication said a pre-Colombian archaeological site in Panama showed signs of extreme violence. A new review of the evidence strongly suggests that the interpretation was wrong. …read more Source:: Science
Ancient Mars had right conditions for underground life, new research suggests
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•A new study shows that the breakdown of water molecules trapped in ancient Martian rocks likely produced enough chemical energy to sustain microorganisms for hundreds of millions of years beneath …read more Source:: Science
Moderate carbohydrate intake may be best for health, study suggests
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•A new study has found that diets both low and high in carbohydrates were linked with an increase in mortality, while moderate consumers of carbohydrates had the lowest risk of …read more Source:: Science
The end-Cretaceous extinction unleashed modern shark diversity
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•A study that examined the shape of hundreds of fossilized shark teeth suggests that modern shark biodiversity was triggered by the end-Cretaceous mass extinction event, about 66 million years ago. …read more Source:: Science