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We are finally getting to grips with how plate tectonics started

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We are finally getting to grips with how plate tectonics started

Today, the upheavals of plate tectonics continually reshape Earth. When this began is much disputed - and we can’t fully understand how life began to thrive on our planet until we figure it out

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Dyes made by microbes could reduce the environmental impact of clothes

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GDKEG6 Oil refinery at twilight

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How the future rise of AI lawyers could force Big Oil to pay up

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2SA3JYH Various Artificial Intelligence mobile apps, DeepSeek open-source large language models app on January 28, 2025 in Prague, Czech Republic.

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DeepSeek has burst the AI hype bubble – now all bets are off

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Is a broken jet stream causing extreme weather that lasts longer?

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Is a broken jet stream causing extreme weather that lasts longer?

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Tomato plants are covered in tiny anti-pest booby traps

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Keeping space tidy should become a global UN goal, say researchers

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Electric fields could mine rare earth metals with less harm

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How to fix computing's AI energy problem: run everything backwards

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How to fix computing's AI energy problem: run everything backwards

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The eye of Hurricane Beryl on 1 July

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The most powerful images of the natural world from 2024

A large number of damaging and deadly hurricanes, volcanic eruptions, wildfires, floods and droughts this year were photographed from land, air and space

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Unified approach could improve nature, climate and health all at once

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Supersized snowflakes: A scientific quest to make enormous snow

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After another dire year for the environment, here's to better times

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How a plan to make the world's largest snowflake was humbled by nature

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