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[:es] The Arctic Is Now Leaking Out High Concentrations of ‘Forever Chemicals’ [:]

[:es]Polyfluoroalkyl and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are known as ‘forever chemicals’ because they don’t naturally break down in the environment. Now a new study reveals the increasing pace of Arctic ice […]
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[:es] ‘Magic-Angle’ Graphene Discovered to Have a Very Rare Form of Superconductivity [:]

[:es]’Magic angle’ twisted trilayer graphene doesn’t only have an impressively exotic name, it might be a particularly rare type of superconductor, according to new research – one that could be […]
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[:es] Scientists Are Giving AI The Ability to Imagine Things It’s Never Seen Before [:]

[:es]Artificial intelligence (AI) is proving very adept at certain tasks – like inventing human faces that don’t actually exist, or winning games of poker – but these networks still struggle […]
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[:es] We Now Have Precise Math to Describe How Black Holes Reflect The Universe [:]

[:es]A new set of equations can precisely describe the reflections of the Universe that appear in the warped light around a black hole.[:]
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[:es] An Entire Swarm of Black Holes Has Been Caught Moving Through The Milky Way [:]

[:es]A fluffy cluster of stars spilling across the sky may have a secret hidden in its heart: a swarm of over 100 stellar-mass black holes.[:]
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[:es] Astronomers Detect a Lurking Cosmic Cloud, Bigger Than The Entire Milky Way [:]

[:es]In the yawning vacuum of intergalactic space, something large is lurking.[:]
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[:es] Methane Keeps Showing Up on Mars. NASA Just Got Closer to Solving The Mystery [:]

[:es]Methane is an organic molecule that hangs around in Earth’s atmosphere and is mostly produced by living organisms, most notoriously by farting cows. Its detection on Mars, on the other […]
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[:es] ‘Fool’s Gold’ Actually Contains a Newly Discovered Type of Real Gold, Scientists Find [:]

[:es]Ironically, pyrite crystals can contain small amounts of real gold, although it is notoriously hard to extract. [:]
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[:es] Earth’s Atmosphere Could Be a Truly Rare Thing, Thanks to One Chemical Process [:]

[:es]Life currently has a sample size of just one. Without an alien or two to expand the boundaries of biology, Earth’s evolutionary history sets the limits on whether we can […]