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Microscopic ocean algae produce a huge share of Earth’s oxygen—but they need iron to do it. New field research shows that ...

Oxygen isotopes data enable researchers to look far back into the geologic past and reconstruct the climate of the past. In ...

A new study suggests lunar soil contains elements that solar wind transported to the moon from Earth’s atmosphere, solving a ...

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New method reveals chemical signs of early microbial life in ancient Earth rocks, showing photosynthesis evolved much earlier ...

Red blood is the exception, not the rule. Evolution has painted it green, purple and white in animals that push physiology ...

Nitrous oxide, informally known as laughing gas, has shown rapid antidepressant effects in people with depression in a series ...