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  Geologists Find Rocks Made of Plastic On Remote Island

  ExtremeTech - Adrianna Nine

  Plastic is everywhere, and rocks are no exception. A team of geologists studying a remote island off the coast of Brazil have found that rocks are …

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  SETI Institute Finds Remains of 'Modern' Equatorial Glacier on Mars

  ExtremeTech - Ryan Whitwam

  Mars was once a wet, potentially alive world, but a lot can change in a few billion years. Today it's a dusty, frigid wasteland bathed in a sea of …

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  Scientists Spot Volcanic Activity on Venus in Radar Images

  ExtremeTech - Ryan Whitwam

  Despite the clouds of sulfuric acid and crushing pressure, Venus is more like Earth than any other planet in the solar system. It has true mountain …

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  4 days ago

  Webb Telescope Images Rare Star on the Verge of Death

  ExtremeTech - Ryan Whitwam

  The James Webb Space Telescope has been wowing astronomers since it came online last year, capturing awe-inspiring images of nebulae, stars, and …

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  Scientists Develop Tiny Robot That Assists With Endovascular Surgery

  ExtremeTech - Adrianna Nine

  Tiny robots might be the key to conducting more precise—and therefore more effective—endovascular surgery. Scientists in South Korea have developed a …

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  Scientists Produce Healthy Mice Using Exclusively Male Cells

  ExtremeTech - Adrianna Nine

  Hayashi implanted the makeshift eggs inside a mouse ovary organoid, a ball of tissues that function similarly to a natural ovary. After fertilizing …