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Ancient Proteins Show What Denisovans Looked Like
Scientists in China say they now have a clearer picture of the Denisovans, a group of ancient humans. The team, led by the geneticist Qiaomei Fu, studied about 20 fossils from a site called Xujiayao in the north of the country. The bones were found in the 1970s and are more than…
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Orionid Meteor Shower Peaks Under a Bright Moon
The Orionid meteor shower reaches its peak on the night of October 21 to 22. It happens every October, when Earth moves through a trail of dust left behind by Halley's comet. The comet goes around the sun about once every 76 years, and people last saw it from Earth in 1986.…
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Japan Launches Probe to Bring Back Rocks From a Moon of Mars
Early on 20 October, Japan sent a spacecraft toward Mars. An H3 rocket lifted it from the Tanegashima Space Center in the south of the country. The probe is called MMX, and its goal is to bring back material from Phobos, the larger of the two small moons that circle Mars. No…
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Scientists Revive Pig Kidneys That Were Frozen for a Year
A team at the University of Minnesota has brought pig kidneys back to life after freezing them for months. One kidney stayed in a freezer for more than a year. The organs were cooled to minus 150 degrees Celsius, where they turn into a solid that looks like glass. After warming,…
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Scientists help bleached corals recover in seven weeks
Researchers at Stanford University say they have found a fast way to save bleached corals. In a laboratory, pale and dying corals became healthy again in just seven weeks. This is the fastest recovery anyone has recorded. The study was published on October 14 in the journal…
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Japan to launch a mission to bring back soil from a Mars moon
Japan is about to send a spacecraft to Phobos, one of the two small moons of Mars. The launch is planned for Tuesday, October 20, in Japan, from the Tanegashima Space Center. The Japanese space agency, JAXA, will use an H3 rocket. If the mission works, it will be the first time…
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