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  Lorna Campbell

  

  2 days ago

  Los Angeles wildfires: Why do fires happen in the middle of winter?

  Le Monde in English - Audrey Garric

  Climate change is lengthening the fire season, which now starts earlier and ends later while expanding risk areas to higher latitudes and elevations. …

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  Lorna Campbell

  

  3 days ago

  One of humanity's largest ever projects that worried NASA scientists is slowing down Earth's spin

  LADbible - Tom Earnshaw

  One of the largest ever projects created by humanity has slowed down the rotation of the Earth. It happened as a result of engineering work over in …

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  Lorna Campbell

  

  5 days ago

  Toxic-Free Method Extracts 99.99% of Gold from Electronic Waste

  zmescience.com - Tibi Puiu

  What if your discarded electronics could not only recover gold but also help combat climate change by transforming CO2 into useful materials?

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  Lorna Campbell

  

  5 days ago

  Scientists Say We May Have Been Wrong About the Origin of Life

  Popular Mechanics - Caroline Delbert

  Ancient evidence suggests a new twist in how we all got here. In a new peer reviewed analysis, scientists quantify amino acids before and after our “last universal common ancestor.” • The last universal common ancestor is the single life form that branched into everything since. • Earth four billion years …

• What killed the dinosaurs? As murderous as some men can be, it wasn't men. What causes the ice age? What caused the ice age to end?

  

  Lorna Campbell

  

  6 days ago

  Climate Models Can’t Explain What’s Happening to Earth

  The Atlantic - By Zoë Schlanger

  Global warming is moving faster than the best models can keep a handle on. Fifty years into the project of modeling Earth’s future climate, we still don’t really know what’s coming. Some places are warming with more ferocity than expected. Extreme events are taking scientists by surprise. Right now, …

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  Lorna Campbell

  

  An Expert Explains Why Some People's Hair And Nails Grow Faster

  ScienceAlert - Michelle Moscova

  Throughout recorded history, our hair and nails played an important role in signifying who we are and our social status. You could say, they separate …