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Vaporizing plastics recycles them into nothing but gas

EnlargeDerek Berwin Our planet is choking on plastics. Some of the worst offenders, which can take decades to degrade in landfills, are...

A single peptide helps starfish get rid of a limb when attacked

EnlargeHal Beral For many creatures, having a limb caught in a predator’s mouth is usually a death sentence. Not starfish, though—they can...

Meteorites give the Moon its extremely thin atmosphere

Enlarge / Artist's rendition of the LADEE mission above the lunar surface.NASA/ Dana Berry The Moon may not have much of an...

Mini-Neptune turned out to be a frozen super-Earth

Enlarge / Renditions of a possible composition of LHS 1140 b, with a patch of ocean on the side facing its host star. Earth...

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