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And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a ...

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A world in warming, under most circumstances, tipping toward deep cooling does seem counterintuitive; yet, Earth's geological ...

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Marine bacteria are key to determining whether carbon is recycled near the ocean surface or transported to deeper waters, but ...

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Four billion years ago, Earth was violent, hot, and unstable. Yet new research suggests that by then, life had already ...

Deep beneath the icy crust of the Greenland Sea, a multinational team of scientists has stumbled upon a world that shouldn't ...

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