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NASA scientists are marveling over the extent of ruffles and dust clouds revealed in the rings of Saturn during the planet’s equinox last month. Scientists once thought the rings were almost completely flat, but new images reveal the heights of some newly discovered bumps in the rings are as high as the Rocky Mountains.
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A new article shows that about 3 percent of the air we breathe gets converted into harmful superoxides, which ultimately harm our muscles by leading to the creation of a toxic molecule called “reactive oxygen species” or ROS, shown to be harm muscle tissue, and may lead to problems ranging from aging and frailty to [...]
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Researchers in Spain have shown for the first time the close space-time relationship between the presence of the griffon vulture and transhumant sheep farming in mountain passes. Transhumance — the seasonal movement of people with their livestock — has fallen in some parts of Spain by up to 80 percent over the past four years. [...]
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