A new study suggests Earth formed almost entirely from material in the inner Solar System, challenging the idea that water-rich material from beyond Jupiter played a major role.
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Scientists “truly astonished” by discovery that challenges Earth’s origin story
Mathematician challenges a 2,000-year-old legend about the Parthenon's optical illusions
Scientists turn seawater into fresh water without harmful brine
Scientists shrank mice's brains and replaced the missing tissue with human 'organoids'
Half-billion-year-old fossils rewrite the origin story of starfish
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WorldPingScientists have discovered several 518-million-year-old fossils that reshape understanding of the origins of the animal group containing starfish.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Phys.org
WorldPingSome vampire white dwarfs that feed on companion stars can transform into neutron stars, but like a cosmic Goldilocks, conditions must be "just right" for this extreme makeover.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Space.com
WorldPingScientists have devised a new way to incorporate human brain tissue into living mice, opening the door to new research.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Live Science
Scientists have developed a solar-powered desalination system that turns seawater into fresh water while removing nearly all of the leftover salt as a solid instead of producing harmful brine.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by ScienceDaily
WorldPingResearchers in Australia captured footage of a female humpback whale repeatedly diving to make eye contact with her stillborn calf and lay next to its body on the seafloor.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Live Science
WorldPingOne of Athens' crowning jewels is the Parthenon, a classical temple on the Acropolis that overlooks the Greek capital.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Phys.org
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