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Geologically young rocks laid down on the seafloor of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of New Zealand. This has revealed a fragment of the ancient deep seafloor, created some 3.3 billion years ago. We argue that the widely held view of the early Earth as a hotter place, free of earthquakes and with a surface so weak it was unable to form rigid plates is wrong. Instead, the young Earth was continually rocked by large earthquakes, triggered as one tectonic plate slid
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2 years ago Read more at The Conversation

The Princess of Wales has released a statement after the controversy over an official image of Kate and her children that was released on Mother's Day. The image was withdrawn by international picture agencies because of concerns that it had been manipulated. Concerns over the image were raised after signs of editing to the left sleeve of Princess Charlotte’s cardigan were noticed.
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2 years ago Read more at Yahoo News Australia

Total Solar Eclipse 2024: The Moon’s Moment in the Sun How do we know exactly where and when the Moon will cast its shadow? Modern maps build on a long human history of eclipse forecasting.
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2 years ago Read more at Science@NASA

trillions of cicadas will dig their way up from beneath the soil across the Southern and Midwestern United States this spring. In a rare so-called double emergence, two distinct cicada broods will take to the trees to sing, eat and mate. despite their size, the cicakadas have an impressively powerful stream, scientists reported in an article published Monday in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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2 years ago Read more at The New York Times

Students from Twin Falls are heading to Washington D.C. to compete with the country's best in science and math competitions. The Twin Falls teams won the regional competition for the 2024 NSB this past weekend. This fast paced question-and-answer format covers topics including biology, chemistry, Earth and space sciences, physics and math.
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2 years ago Read more at KTVB.com

Last rays of sunlight peek through valleys on the lunar horizon. These isolated areas of intense brightness can resemble a string of glowing beads or a single dramatic burst of light like the gem on a ring.
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2 years ago Read more at Science@NASA

The Dean’s Scholars initiative at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis aims to nurture the careers of such doctors so they can more easily treat patients while also pursuing laboratory-based biomedical research. The program is funded by a Physician-Scientist Institutional Award from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund.
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2 years ago Read more at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

The upcoming election between Donald Trump and Joe Biden could drastically alter the future of environmental, public health, and international scientific collaboration policies. Trump aiming to roll back environmental regulations and Biden pushing for clean-energy innovation. Public health funding and policy approaches also divide candidates, with Biden supporting increased funding for health research and Trump's history of trying to cut it.
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2 years ago Read more at Environmental Health News

A total of 1,443 buildings belonging to 177 scientific institutions have been damaged or destroyed in the war. Restoring these facilities will cost more than $ 1.21 billion – including $980.5 million for universities that have sustained the brunt of damage, the report said.
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2 years ago Read more at The Washington Post

In the past decade, the intravenous (IV) drip has risen in fame. It is now a health supplement touted by the likes of health guru and actress Gwyneth Paltrow. The Solution is an IV therapy center in California that has amassed over 3,000 followers on Instagram.
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2 years ago Read more at WIAT - CBS42.com