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Earth lost nearly 30 million acres of tropical forest last year

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Earth lost nearly 30 million acres of tropical forest last year

April 25 (UPI) -- Tree cover tropics shrank by 30 million acres in 2018, the fourth largest decline since record keeping began in 2001.

Sea ice decline triggers breeding failure at second largest emperor penguin colony

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Sea ice decline triggers breeding failure at second largest emperor penguin colony

Early hunter-gatherer ate entire venomous snake, possibly for religious reasons

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Early hunter-gatherer ate entire venomous snake, possibly for religious reasons

Dinosaur-era crab fossil reveals new branch in the tree of life

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Dinosaur-era crab fossil reveals new branch in the tree of life

NASA, FEMA, international partners to hold asteroid impact exercise

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NASA, FEMA, international partners to hold asteroid impact exercise

April 24 (UPI) -- NASA, FEMA and several other international partners will participate in an asteroid impact exercise at the 2019 Planetary Defense Conference.

Dark matter detector records extremely rare decay of xenon-124

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Dark matter detector records extremely rare decay of xenon-124

April 24 (UPI) -- With the help of a dark matter detector, scientists have observed the decay of xenon-124 -- the "rarest thing ever recorded."

Archaelogists find mummy-filled tomb in Egyptian city of Aswan

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Archaelogists find mummy-filled tomb in Egyptian city of Aswan

April 24 (UPI) -- Archaeologists have found more than 30 mummies enshrined in a tomb discovered in Aswan, an ancient city in southern Egypt.

Bacteria behave as individuals when navigating a maze

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Bacteria behave as individuals when navigating a maze

April 24 (UPI) -- When researchers placed bacteria in a maze, they found genetically identical sells exhibited individuality.

Zoologists identify two new bird species in Indonesia

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Zoologists identify two new bird species in Indonesia

April 24 (UPI) -- Researchers have discovered two new bird species on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. The two species belong to the white-eyes family.

InSight lander detects Marsquake for the first time

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InSight lander detects Marsquake for the first time

April 23 (UPI) -- For the first time, a tremor has been detected on the surface of Mars. The so-called marsquake was detected by the InSight lander's SEIS seismometer.

Varying head colors of Gouldian finches explained by unique evolutionary process

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Varying head colors of Gouldian finches explained by unique evolutionary process

April 23 (UPI) -- The heads of Gouldian finches feature one of three different colors: yellow, red and black.

Physicists make collimated atomic beam smaller, more precise

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Physicists make collimated atomic beam smaller, more precise

April 23 (UPI) -- Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have managed to build a cascading silicon peashooter -- a smaller, more precise atomic beam collimator.

Scientists model DNA gene with first billion-atom biomolecular simulation

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Scientists model DNA gene with first billion-atom biomolecular simulation

April 23 (UPI) -- Scientists have for the first time created a billion-atom biomolecular simulation. Researchers designed the computer model to simulate a single DNA gene.

The rate of ice loss in Greenland has increased six-fold since the 1980s

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The rate of ice loss in Greenland has increased six-fold since the 1980s

April 23 (UPI) -- Greenland's rate of ice loss has increased six-fold over the last few decades, according to a new study.

ISS resupply mission on schedule after SpaceX Crew Dragon mishap

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ISS resupply mission on schedule after SpaceX Crew Dragon mishap

April 22 (UPI) -- The "anomaly" experienced by SpaceX's Crew Dragon over the weekend won't affect the company's planned space station resupply mission.

Female sand tiger sharks visit the same shipwrecks off North Carolina coast

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Female sand tiger sharks visit the same shipwrecks off North Carolina coast

April 22 (UPI) -- Every year or two, female sand tiger sharks return to the same shipwrecks off the North Carolina coast.

New additive yields longer-lasting lithium batteries

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New additive yields longer-lasting lithium batteries

April 22 (UPI) -- As electric vehicles and other battery-powered technologies proliferate, scientists are searching for ways to make energy storage safer and more resilient.

Slime mold memorizes foreign substances by absorbing them

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Slime mold memorizes foreign substances by absorbing them

April 22 (UPI) -- The slime mold Physarum polycephalum doesn't have a nervous system, yet the single-celled organism is capable of learning and communicating.

Giant tortoise migration follows upredictable pattern

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Giant tortoise migration follows upredictable pattern

April 22 (UPI) -- When researchers tracked the migration patterns of Galapagos giant tortoises, they found the reptiles' movements are weakly associated with climate conditions.

Children judge people based on facial features, just like adults

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Children judge people based on facial features, just like adults

April 19 (UPI) -- Children judge and adjust their behavior toward people based on the person's facial features, just like adults do.

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