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Aug. 7 (UPI) -- Since the Industrial Revolution, glaciers across New Zealand's Southern Alps have lost more ice than they have remaining.

Aug. 7 (UPI) -- SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket loaded with 57 Starlink satellites and two small customer satellites from Florida early Friday after the mission was delayed several times due to weather and technical issue

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Aug. 6 (UPI) -- Primordial, single-celled organisms and complex life share an important cellular process, according to a new study published Thursday in the journal Science.

Aug. 6 (UPI) -- NASA and Boeing said Thursday they completed a crucial test of propulsion systems on the Space Launch System moon rocket in Mississippi, advancing toward a full hot-fire or "green run" of the massive vehicle's engines.

Aug. 6 (UPI) -- An ancient amber fossil has offered scientists new insights into the deadly hunting prowess of a 'hell ant' species.

ORLANDO, Fla., Aug. 6 (UPI) -- SpaceX plans another attempt in Florida early Friday to launch a mission that's been delayed repeatedly this summer -- a Falcon 9 rocket loaded with 57 Starlink satellites and two small satellites for a customer.

Aug. 6 (UPI) -- New research suggests the tuatara shares genetic heritage with both reptiles and mammals.

Aug. 6 (UPI) -- Plant-eaters, not predators, are at a greater risk of extinction, according to a new survey of more than 24,500 species.

Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Archaeologists recently discovered 8,000-year-old stone fluted points on the Arabian Peninsula, the same technology developed by Native Americans 13,000 years ago.

Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Jupiter's atmosphere, like Earth's, is home to a dynamic water cycle driven by the movement of large storms. New research suggests these storms are capable of producing hail-like stones made up of ammonia and water.

Aug. 5 (UPI) -- When land use changes disrupt ecosystems, new research suggests species known to carry diseases that infect humans benefit from the disruptions.

Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Air pollution disparities are visible from space, according to a study of data from Houston, Texas, that found levels of nitrous dioxide were often concentrated over lower-income, minority neighborhoods.

Aug. 4 (UPI) -- By tracking the grooming behaviors of dairy cows, researchers have gained new insights into the formation and evolution of social networks among cows.

Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Two NASA astronauts who returned from space to a splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday praised the SpaceX Dragon capsule's performance in their first public comments since the mission.

Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Humans began reading just a few thousand years ago, a relatively recent phenomena -- too recent to be supported by brain regions specifically evolved for the activity.