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Scientists who sequenced the genome of the Antarctic midge suspect the genome’s small size – the smallest in insects described…
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A University of Virginia engineering professor has proposed a novel approach for keeping waste carbon…
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A fleet of orbiting X-ray telescopes that includes NASA's Swift orbiting observatory, which is controlled…
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