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Scientists have been exploring ambitious new ways to effectively cool, rather than to warm up the planet.
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Astronomers have discovered what they believe is a potentially Earth-like world in a nearby solar system.
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NASA's aging rover has captured an impressive image of a vortex swirling around on the surface of Mars.
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Lead tablets inscribed with powerful curses have been unearthed at a grave site in Athens, Greece.
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Archaeologists have unearthed what is only the second known Viking site ever discovered in North America.
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A new study has suggested that it may be possible to stop alien civilizations from discovering us.
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Archaeologists have unearthed a 3,400-year-old New Kingdom necropolis at the Gebel el Sisila quarry site.
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An ancient burial ground containing human remains has been unearthed at a site in Southeast Asia.
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Astronomers have moved to allay concerns over the possibility of an asteroid collision early next week.
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Russian scientists have been determining how to use nuclear weapons to protect the Earth from asteroids.
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An 11,000-year-old pendant unearthed in Yorkshire has been inscribed with a series of lines and symbols.
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The unknown artifact was unearthed during restoration work at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.
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For the first time scientists have been able to analyze the atmosphere of a 'super-Earth' exoplanet.
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Some types of minerals are so rare that the Earth's entire supply of them could fit in to a thimble.
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A bus driver had been walking along the street when a chunk of rock fell from the sky and killed him.
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It might not be immediately evident, but humans are actually the only animals on Earth with a chin.
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Scientists have determined that the Earth and moon are made up of material from two separate worlds.
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Scientists have warned that space debris collisions could have the potential to provoke armed conflict.
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A fossil belonging to one of the oldest known species of Jurassic dinosaur has been unearthed in Wales.
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The gargantuan reptile, which measured 37 meters in length, was recently unearthed in Argentina.