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SpaceAura of life captured in Earthshine
Light from Earth reflected off the moon contains the kind of information that could prove useful in the characterization of faraway exoplanets.
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LifePollutants long gone, but disease carries on
Even without new exposures, various chemicals can impact DNA and cause illness across at least three subsequent generations, rat study finds.
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AnthropologyFrozen mummy’s genetic blueprints unveiled
DNA study reveals the 5,300-year-old Iceman had brown eyes, Lyme disease and links to modern-day Corsicans and Sardinians.
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LifeSardine fishery may be in peril
Cool ocean cycle, population slide evoke collapse of Pacific resource in the late 1940s.