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Urea is considered a possible key molecule in the origin of life. ETH researchers have discovered a previously unknown way in ...

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After nearly 20 years of operations, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) is on a roll, performing a new maneuver to ...

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Scientists have identified what could be the oldest rocks on Earth from a rock formation in Canada. The Nuvvuagittuq ...

A new study published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology and led by researchers at Columbia University Mailman ...

NOAA and its research partners are forecasting a mild to moderate harmful algal bloom (HAB) in western Lake Erie this summer.