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The Black Sea is called the Black Sea due to ancient naming traditions, dark stormy waters, and unique chemical properties.

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If you were wondering what that strange substance falling from the sky was Tuesday morning, it was rain. After nearly a month ...

Sometimes, when it hasn’t rained in a long time, a distinct smell accompanies the first rainfall — but why? That familiar ...

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Particles from Earth’s atmosphere have been carried into space by solar wind and have been landing on the moon for billions ...

Astronomers at Durham University and collaborators at the University of Warwick used the European Southern Observatory’s Very ...

At extreme pressures and temperatures, water becomes superionic — a solid that behaves partly like a liquid and conducts ...

A new study in Nature led by scientists at New York University reports that fossil bones as old as 3 million years still ...

Tokyo University of Science researchers developed a groundbreaking thin-film electrolyte, improving oxide-ion conductivity ...