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California-size Antarctic ice sheet once thought stable may actually be at tipping point for collapse
A gigantic ice sheet that was thought to be stable may be much closer to runaway melt than anyone realized,…
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The Geminid meteors may be 10 times older than we thought, simulations of oddball asteroid Phaethon suggest
The rocks making up the Geminid meteor shower that occurs towards the end of every year may have been born…
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The universe might be younger than we thought, galaxies’ motion suggests
The universe could be younger than we think, based on the motions of satellite galaxies that reveal how recently they…
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Babylon’s Ishtar Gate may have a totally different purpose than we thought, magnetic field measurements suggest
Babylon’s bright-blue Ishtar Gate was thought to have been built to celebrate the conquest of Jerusalem — but a new…
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Balanced boulders on San Andreas fault suggest the ‘Big One’ won’t be as destructive as once thought
Tens of thousands of earthquakes rock California each year. Many of these shakes originate in a boundary between the Pacific…
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‘Rare’ disorder that causes extreme sleepiness may more common than thought
A sleep disorder that scientists previously believed was rare might be more common than originally thought. The condition is marked…
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We thought we’d find 200 species living in our house and yard. We were very wrong
Dot-underwing moth (Eudocima materna) found in the researchers’ yard. (Image credit: Matthew Holden, (CC-BY)) We are biodiversity researchers — an…
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Shimmering golden mole thought extinct photographed and filmed over 80 years after last sighting
De Winton’s golden mole (Cryptochloris wintoni) had not been seen for over 80 years until its rediscovery in South Africa…
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Stone Age Europeans mastered spear-throwers 10,000 years earlier than we thought, study suggests
Stone Age people in Belgium were hunting with spear-throwers more than 30,000 years ago — the earliest known evidence of…
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The sun may be smaller than we thought
The sun may be a little smaller than we thought it was. Researchers who measure the sun often use total…
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