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Ice cores are climate scientists' best way of understand Earth's climate in the recent geologic past, largely because of the air bubbles trapped within them.

The West Antarctic Rift System is home to over 130 volcanoes, many of which are locked away under thick layers of ice.

For nearly 40 years, the Chernobyl exclusion zone (CEZ) has been a laboratory for scientists to study the long-term effects of radiation exposure.

Because of its polarized nature, ferroelectric materials are useful in data storage and electronics.

But it may not be around for long.

“If the Sun almost disappeared [...] it would have been extremely frightening for them.”

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"If the Sun almost disappeared [...] it would have been extremely frightening for them."

One of the first applications of laser-stimulated fluorescence in anthropology, the tattoos contain lines only 0.1 millimeter wide.