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Basic research that doesn’t have a specific industrial or experimental application still adds value outside the lab by ...

The origin of complex eukaryotic cells, of the type found in all plants and animals, is shrouded in mystery. Now, strange ...

Mars, one of our closest planetary neighbors, has fascinated people for hundreds of years, partly because it is so similar to ...

NASA's Curiosity rover has uncovered evidence of a past carbon cycle on Mars. This breakthrough provides scientists with new ...

Previously believed to have occurred 1.2 billion years ago, the impact created the Stac Fada Member, a layer of rock that ...

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These are known as the citric acid cycle or Krebs cycle. It is a mystery whether this is something that life developed or if it was simply co-opted from something that did not need life to exist.

Why is none of this taught in our schools? At least, students should be aware of the remarkable tradition of science behind our sophisticated cycle of time. We don’t have to necessarily follow ...

He later pursued graduate studies at the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he obtained both his master’s degree and Ph.D. in planetary science. While he was at MIT ...