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Radioactive dust left over from Cold War Nuclear experiments is still wafting through European air, new research finds.

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Discover The Strange Climate of the Gobi Desert, a unique landscape where scorching summers meet freezing winters. Learn why it's called a cold desert, how it was formed, and how it compares to the ...

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Material retrieved from the asteroid Bennu by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft shows that all the basic building blocks of life ...

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