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Exploding Stars Are Rare—but if One Was Close Enough, It Could Threaten Life on Earth

Stars like the sun are remarkably constant. They vary in brightness by only 0.1 percent over years and decades, thanks to the fusion of...

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Cannacurio #78: Dispensary and Retailer 2023 Q2 Leaderboard | Cannabiz Media

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Survey Says: Recession Fears Lurk, Readers Tinker With AI, Many Startups’ Runways Running Out

This article is Part Two of our Mid-Year Report on an eventful 2023 in tech, startups and venture capital. Part One took a...

What Can Jellyfish Teach Us About Fluid Dynamics? | Quanta Magazine

IntroductionThe jellyfish that move through the seas by gently pulsing their saclike bodies may not seem to hold many secrets that would interest human...

Cropped 8 February 2023: High seas; Trees; Wildlife unease

Welcome to Carbon Brief’s Cropped. We handpick and explain the most important stories at the intersection of climate, land, food and nature over the past...

Jerry Garcia’s Cannabis Brand Joins California Mass Extinction

Jerry Garcia's Cannabis Brand Joins California Mass Extinction | High Times ...

Startup Funga Uses Fungi to Capture Carbon in Forests

A carbon removal company Funga introduces a nature-based solution that uses forest fungal microbiome, or fungi, to capture carbon, which attracted a $4 million...

Crabs Have Evolved Five Separate Times—Why Do the Same Forms Keep Appearing in Nature?

Charles Darwin believed evolution created “endless forms most beautiful.” It’s a nice sentiment but it doesn’t explain why evolution keeps making crabs.Scientists have long...

Epoch or event? Defining the Anthropocene

The Anthropocene is one of those rare scientific terms that has entered the public consciousness, which is ironic, given that geologists...

Ozone Depletion: What Is It, and Does It Still Matter?

The ozone layer and ozone depletion dominated the news from the late-1980s through the 2010s, leaving many worrying about a growing hole in this...

Humanity Is A Weapon Of Mass Extinction, Says António Guterres At COP 15

Complete our 2022 CleanTechnica reader survey for a chance to win an electric bike.   UN chief António Guterres opened the 15th UN Conference On Biodiversity,...

Dinosaurs killing impact triggered a “mega-earthquake” that lasted weeks to months

The Chicxulub impact event was an ~100 million megaton blast that triggered the last mass extinction in Earth’s history. Although numerous studies report catastrophic...

Most mass extinctions occurred after mega-eruptions

According to a recent study led by researchers at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, the majority of these mass extinctions happened after mega-eruptions that...

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