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Modern plate tectonics on Earth emerged 3.6B years ago, study says

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Modern plate tectonics on Earth emerged 3.6B years ago, study says

May 14 (UPI) -- Modern plate tectonics, a defining feature of Earth and its unique ability to support life, first emerged roughly 3.6 billion years ago.

China lands its first rover on Mars

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China lands its first rover on Mars

Protests over SpaceX contract put timetable for lunar return in limbo

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Protests over SpaceX contract put timetable for lunar return in limbo

Owls may have inherited their night-hunting abilities from dinosaurs

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Owls may have inherited their night-hunting abilities from dinosaurs

Chameleon skin-inspired material changes color, can detect seafood freshness

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Chameleon skin-inspired material changes color, can detect seafood freshness

May 6 (UPI) -- Scientists have created a new type of synthetic skin that uses luminogens and a bilayer structure to artfully alter its color in response to the environment.

Reducing methane emissions by 45% can achieve Paris Agreement goals, study says

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Reducing methane emissions by 45% can achieve Paris Agreement goals, study says

May 6 (UPI) -- Human-caused methane emissions can be reduced by up to 45% this decade, keeping the global temperature within the bounds of the Paris Agreement on climate change, an environmental study released Thursday indicates.

Floods could triple across Himalayas, Tibetan Plateau as planet warms

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Floods could triple across Himalayas, Tibetan Plateau as planet warms

May 6 (UPI) -- As the global temperature continue to climb and glaciers melt more rapidly, new research suggests the risk of flooding across the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau could triple.

Many consumers use, trust food date labels but misinterpret information

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Many consumers use, trust food date labels but misinterpret information

May 6 (UPI) -- New survey data suggests many consumers get mixed up when interpreting "USE By" and "BEST If Used By" labels, according to a study published Thursday in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior.

SpaceX completes first successful landing of Starship rocket

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SpaceX completes first successful landing of Starship rocket

May 5 (UPI) -- SpaceX successfully launched and landed its Starship moon and Mars rocket for the first time in Texas on Wednesday.

Humans were altering ecosystems with fire some 92,000 years ago

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Humans were altering ecosystems with fire some 92,000 years ago

May 5 (UPI) -- Humans living along the northern shores of East Africa's Lake Malawi were altering the local ecosystem with fire as early as 92,000 years ago, according to a new study.

Blue Origin opens online auction for seat on 1st crewed flight

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Blue Origin opens online auction for seat on 1st crewed flight

May 5 (UPI) -- Washington-based spaceflight company Blue Origin opened up an auction Wednesday for a seat on its first crewed flight to the edge of space in July.

Africa's oldest human burial uncovered in Kenya

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Africa's oldest human burial uncovered in Kenya

May 5 (UPI) -- Researchers have recovered the remains of a three-year-old child buried 78,000 years ago in an ancient pit north of Mombasa, Kenya. The human burial pit, dubbed Panga ya Saidi, is the oldest yet discovered in Africa.

Climate models predict runaway sea level rise if Paris targets overshot

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Climate models predict runaway sea level rise if Paris targets overshot

May 5 (UPI) -- If world leaders and policy makers can't find a way to reduce emissions and limit warming to 2 degrees Celsius, new models suggest runaway Antarctic ice losses will trigger dramatic sea level rise.

Dunbar's number debunked: Research suggests you can have more than 150 friends

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Dunbar's number debunked: Research suggests you can have more than 150 friends

May 5 (UPI) -- New research suggests Dunbar's number, which puts an upper limit on the human brain's capacity for social relations, is mostly bunk.

SpaceX launches 60 Starlink satellites from Florida

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SpaceX launches 60 Starlink satellites from Florida

ORLANDO, Fla., May 4 (UPI) -- Elon Musk's SpaceX launched the company's 26th cluster of Starlink broadband communication satellites from Florida on Tuesday afternoon.

Circadian rhythm-controlling 'clock genes' could be tweaked to alter sleep

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Circadian rhythm-controlling 'clock genes' could be tweaked to alter sleep

May 4 (UPI) -- Researchers have identified a complex combination of genes that control the human body's circadian rhythms, the rhythms that help synch a variety of biological processes with both day-night and seasonal patterns.

NASA announces launch plans for new Dream Chaser spaceplane

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NASA announces launch plans for new Dream Chaser spaceplane

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla., May 4 (UPI) -- The Dream Chaser spaceplane, a cargo spacecraft built and operated by Nevada-based Sierra Nevada Corp., is to begin launching and landing in Florida in 2022.

Scientists turn cellphone into a chemical detector

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Scientists turn cellphone into a chemical detector

May 4 (UPI) -- Scientists at Texas A&M have trained a cellphone camera to perform spectroscopy, turning the handheld device into a chemical detector, capable of identifying drugs, biological molecules and pathogens.

Red Sea corals to persist, even as other corals succumb to global warming

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Red Sea corals to persist, even as other corals succumb to global warming

May 4 (UPI) -- New lab experiments have shed light on the ability of corals in the Red Sea's Gulf of Aqaba to survive rising ocean temperatures.

Genetically modified grass used clean soil pollutants at military test sites

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Genetically modified grass used clean soil pollutants at military test sites

May 3 (UPI) -- Toxins from explosives and fire-fighting foams are known to leach into the environment at military bases around the world. But a new type of grass could help clean up the mess.

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