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Puncak Jaya is Dying

In Indonesia, one of the world’s last tropical glaciers is dying. Perched atop the 16,000-foot peak Puncak Jaya in Papua province, the glacier has shrunk in size by 80 percent since 1936, and most of that since the 1970s. The … Continue reading

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What’s the Point Visiting an Asteroid at Exorbitant Cost

Recently, President Obama spoke at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) to announce his new proposed direction for the US space agency: skip the moon, send man to a near-Earth asteroid (NEO) by the mid 2020’s and use this new technological … Continue reading

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Humans could become extinct

Humans race could become extinct, a new study concludes, but no single event,  could do us in, and all extinction scenarios would have to involve some kind of intent by people in power.Human race itself will ultimately determine its fate. … Continue reading

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Natural Nukes May Have Crippled Early Life

Discovery News reports that Ancient nuclear reactors buried in lake and shallow ocean sediments may have cooked early microbes.Radiation from the deposits could have delayed the onset of our modern-day, oxygen-rich atmosphere, and even had a hand in shaping the … Continue reading

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