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The team of physicists from The University of Arizona say they were motivated by the possibility of Compact Ultradense ...

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It's another meteoric rise for what's called the largest piece of Mars on Earth. The 54-pound rock fetched nearly $5.3 ...

The constant deluge of bad news about rising global temperatures and their impacts can make it feel like the world is ending.