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First Active Methane Seep in Antarctica Discovered Thanks to “Microbial Waterfall” and “Dumb Luck” Antarctica

First Active Methane Seep in Antarctica Discovered Thanks to “Microbial Waterfall” and “Dumb Luck”

The white microbial mats seen here are telltale signs of areas where methane may be released from underground methane deposits. Credit: Andrew Thurber Oregon State University The discovery of the first active methane seep in Antarctica is providing scientists new understanding of the methane cycle and the role methane found…
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July 24, 2020
Mould from Chernobyl nuclear reactor tested as radiation shield on ISS Chernobyl

Mould from Chernobyl nuclear reactor tested as radiation shield on ISS

Space 24 July 2020 By Alice Klein The International Space StationNASA Archive / AlamyA radiation-absorbing fungus found at the destroyed Chernobyl nuclear reactor has been shown to absorb harmful cosmic rays on the International Space Station, and could potentially be used to protect future Mars colonies. Exposure to cosmic rays…
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July 24, 2020
News24.com | Egypt homeless, street children hit hard by pandemic scourge Homeless

News24.com | Egypt homeless, street children hit hard by pandemic scourge

(File, Fani Mahuntsi, Gallo Images) Wandering Cairo's bustling streets, Zeinab was struggling to survive by selling tissues when the coronavirus left her even more vulnerable, along with thousands of other homeless people and street children.The only good news was that, amid the pandemic fears, physical violence against the destitute has…
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July 24, 2020
Arsenal’s William Saliba ‘feels like a robber’ leaving Saint-Etienne before French Cup final vs Paris Saint-Germain Paris

Arsenal’s William Saliba ‘feels like a robber’ leaving Saint-Etienne before French Cup final vs Paris Saint-Germain

Arsenal defender William Saliba ‘feels like a robber’ since leaving Saint-Etienne ahead of their French Cup final against Paris Saint-Germain. The two Ligue 1 clubs will go head-to-head for silverware when they meet at the Stade de France on Friday evening. AFP or licensors Saliba came through the ranks at…
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July 24, 2020
The Problem With Putinology Feudalism

The Problem With Putinology

By most accounts, the Cold War came to end in 1991. Soviet defeat equaled the victory of the West. The Washington consensus set the economic terms. Democracies were proliferating after 1991, and on the horizon a rules-based liberal international order was more and more clearly emerging, a global analog to…
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July 24, 2020