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  8 hours ago

  1st map of Antarctica's green space unveiled. Here's what it shows.

  Live Science - By Claudia Colesie

  A tiny seed is stuck between loose gravel and coarse sand. There is nothing else alive around it. All it can see is a wall of ice reaching 20 metres …

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  13 hours ago

  'Lord, make them die an awful death': Prisoner's dark pleas found etched into Roman-era prison

  Live Science - By Owen Jarus

  An archaeologist has identified the rare remains of a Roman prison in Corinth, Greece. An archaeologist in Corinth, Greece, has identified the remains …

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  16 hours ago

  Cannabis use linked to head and neck cancer risk

  Live Science - By Nicoletta Lanese

  A new study that looked at 20 years of medical data from millions of people found a link between cannabis use disorder and specific cancers. Using …

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  17 hours ago

  Space photo of the week: Stunning sand dunes slash across Mars' polar ice cap

  Live Science - By Jamie Carter

  This stunning image of dune fields near Mars' north polar ice cap, taken by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, showcases the impact of polar winds …

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  18 hours ago

  Heart attacks fell dramatically during the pandemic — and they're still dropping

  Live Science - By Michael Schubert

  Better prevention is driving down heart-attack rates in the U.S., but the sharp drops seen at the height of the pandemic were likely caused by people …

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  21 hours ago

  Fossils from Greenland's icy heart reveal it was a green tundra covered in flowers less than 1 million years ago

  Live Science - By James Bonthron

  Greenland was almost completely ice-free at some point in the last one million years, fossilized flowers from a core sample taken from the center of …