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  Apr 3

  Where did Earth’s water come from? Not melted meteorites, according to scientists

  geologypage.com - Geology Page

  EarthWater makes up 71% of Earth’s surface, but no one knows how or when such massive quantities of water arrived on Earth.A new study published in …

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  3 days ago

  Watch a space station habitat prototype pop like water balloon

  Popular Science - Andrew Paul

  The makers plan to supply habitats to a Blue Origin’s NASA-backed space station project. At first glance, everything seems solid. Then, a small rip begins to spread across the middle of the structure as its siding expands. The module suddenly bursts apart, spraying debris in every direction as …

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  2 days ago

  The World Has Five Oceans, Not Four – Meet The Newest Addition

  iflscience.com

  It may be time to brush up on your geography knowledge: there are actually five oceans on planet Earth, not four as you may have been taught. Back in …

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  2 days ago

  How Can We Understand The Passage Of Time? – OpEd

  eurasiareview.com - Deborah Barsky

  Recent developments in the study of human prehistory hold clues about our times, our world, and ourselves.We can all agree that most people want to …

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  2 days ago

  Plant Fungus Infected a Human in First Reported Case of Its Kind

  ScienceAlert - Mike McRae

  Silver leaf disease is a curse for a variety of botanicals, from pears to roses to rhododendron. Infecting their leaves and branches, the fungus …

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  2 days ago

  NASA awarded $850,000 to a company that wants to pick up space trash the old-fashioned way — with bags

  Insider Business - Kelly Burch

  In the middle of a space flight, an astronaut heard a massive bang. He looked up and saw a piece of space junk embedded in the window of the shuttle. If the debris had been bigger, it could have blown out the window, and the crew would have all died, the astronaut told Joel C. Sercel, the founder …