Scientific Minds Want To Know
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NASA counts down the end of an era
With Discovery's launch, the U.S. space program moves closer to an uncertain future filled with risk.
Also: Night skies suited dino-bird's eyes
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The eye sockets of the flying dinosaur Archaeopteryx were similar to those of today's nocturnal birds
Fossil fragments reveal a predatory Velociraptor caught in the act of eating another larger plant-eating dinosaur.
Earth struck by most powerful space storm in three years
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The most powerful geomagnetic storm to hit Earth since December 2006 arrived on Monday, a day earlier than expected.
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Most of the time when the words 'thawing permafrost' and 'greenhouse gas' appear in a headline together it naturally leads to talking about methane, but not this time. Reuters reports that new research shows how another greenhouse gas is getting released as the Arctic warms: Nitrous oxide.
Article continues: Thawing Permafrost Releasing Another Overlooked Greenhouse Gas
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