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Earth, air, fire, water — and family — are all 'Elemental' for Pixar's Peter Sohn

In science class, Sohn saw the periodic table as an apartment building. The son of Korean immigrants, he felt the elements were a "beautiful metaphor" for cultures mixing in his New York hometown.

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Could the megalodon still exist today?

Megalodon once dominated Earth's oceans. Despite vanishing from the fossil record millions of years ago, rumors persist that these gigantic sharks are still alive.

LiveScience

Oceans absorb 30% of our emissions, driven by a huge carbon pump. Tiny marine animals are key to working out its climate impacts

The ocean holds 60 times more carbon than the atmosphere and absorbs almost 30% of carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from human activities. This means the ocean is key to understanding the global carbon cycle and thus our future climate.

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An extremely premature ranking of Starfield's 1,000+ planets

At Starfield Direct we saw a ton of Starfield's planets and moons. Here are the good, the bad, and the ugly.

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For the first time, astronomers have found life-supporting molecules called phosphates on Enceladus

The search for habitable conditions beyond Earth has just become more interesting with the discovery of biologically available phosphorus from one of Saturn’s moons. Phosphorus is the most elusive of the six crucial elements needed for life.

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Ultra-hot exoplanet has an atmosphere of vaporized rock

Astronomers have taken a deeper look at the scorching hot giant exoplanet WASP-76b, where iron rains from the sky to determine the other chemical elements that comprise its blistering atmosphere.

Space

Saturn's moon Enceladus has all the ingredients for life in its icy oceans. But is life there?

For the first time, phosphorus — the rarest of six elements upon which life as we know it depends — has been found in a tiny ocean-bearing moon in our solar system.

Space

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Movie review: Pixar's 'Elemental' won't set the world on fire, but it holds water

Pixar’s “Elemental” conjures a diverse metropolis where the elements — fire, water, earth and air — live like ethnicities mostly ghettoized from one other

The Independent UK

Mars Rover Sends a Stunning Panorama of the Red Planet Home to Earth

NASA's Curiosity Rover sent us this panorama postcard of its current scenic view of Gale Crater, overlooking an ancient lakebed where there was once water on Mars.

Inverse

There could still be a ninth planet in our Solar System – here’s why

We all used to think there were nine planets. But in 2006 the solar system was left with only eight planets, when Pluto was no longer classified as such. Is it still possible there is a planet out there beyond Neptune – possibly way beyond it?

The Conversation

Scientists Finally Confirm A Long-Held Belief About What Triggers Photosynthesis

A single photon is enough to catalyze photosynthesis in bacteria, according to a study published in Nature, which likely applies to plants as well.

Inverse

Secret Invasion on Disney+ review: this old dog needs to learn some new tricks

Nick Fury is back! And he’s... old now?

Evening Standard

Drinking alcohol is bad for you – end of. Ignore the headlines that claim otherwise

Another week, another article suggesting that alcohol may have health benefits. It’s amazing how desperate drinkers are to fool themselves, writes Adrian Chiles

The Guardian - UK

Watch scientists turn an aircraft into a moon gravity research lab (video)

European scientists are turning an aircraft into a laboratory that simulates lunar gravity to prepare astronauts and technology for future moon landings as part of the NASA-led Artemis missions.

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An element essential to life discovered on one of Saturn's moons, raising hopes of finding alien microbes

Enceladus is the tiny moon of Saturn that seems to have it all. Its icy surface is intricately carved by ongoing geological processes. Its icy shell overlies an internal, liquid ocean. There, chemically charged warm water seeps out of the rocky core onto the ocean floor – potentially providing nourishment…

The Guardian - AU

Man on Earth review – a beautifully humane documentary about a dying man’s last days

Directed by Australian film-maker Amiel Courtin-Wilson, this compelling work follows Bob Rosenzweig’s decision to end his life through assisted dying

LiveScience

Scientists discovered a crucial element for life gushing out of Saturn's icy ocean moon

Astronomers have confirmed the presence of phosphates — a crucial ingredient for life — in a plume of icy water gushing out of Saturn's moon Enceladus.

WhatToWatch

Black Mirror season 6 cast: who's who in the Netflix anthology

Black Mirror season 6 is back after a four-year wait and there's a star-studded cast along with it.

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New 'warm Jupiter' exoplanet has a weird orbit and another planet may be to blame

Astronomers have used NASA's TESS telescope to discover a new 'warm Jupiter' exoplanet with a strange orbit.

The Conversation

Limiting global warming to 2℃ is not enough -- why the world must keep temperature rise below 1℃

The Paris Climate agreement represented a historic step towards a safer future for humanity on Earth when it was adopted in 2015. The agreement strove to keep global heating below 2℃ above pre-industrial levels with the aim of limiting the increase to 1.5℃ if possible. It was signed by 196…

Inverse

10 Years Ago, a Controversial Superhero Movie Redefined the Entire Genre

Zack Snyder’s 2013 curtain raiser is unforgettable, for better or worse. But its final fight would have far-reaching consequences that no one could have anticipated.

Inverse

6 DCEU Facts to Remember Before You See 'The Flash'

Don’t remember 'Man of Steel'? Brush up here.

Chicago Sun-Times

Love fuels the talking flame in Disney’s beautiful, engaging ‘Elemental’

Animated story of earth, wind, fire and water isn’t top-tier Pixar, but its screen-popping visuals carry the day.

Inverse

New Discovery Reveals the Oldest-known Ancestor of Complex Life

Protosterol biota are the fingerprints of an ancient organism that could have been an ancestor to all large life around us that we know of.

Space

4 elusive 'mini-Neptune' exoplanets discovered in a cosmic game of hide-and-seek

Astronomers spotted four elusive mini-Neptune planets with the exoplanet-hunting telescope CHEOPS.

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