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How ‘Flower Power’ Quite Literally Transformed Earth Millions of Years Ago

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Following the time of the dinosaurs, it might well be that the evolution of flowering plants drove the explosion in the diversity of life on Earth, according to a 2021 paper. Most of the plants we now eat, drink, wear, and build with are of the flowering variety. They’re called angiosperms, which roughly translates from … Read more

Things are getting tense for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, literally

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The tension is rising for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope.  On Monday (Jan. 3), James Webb Space Telescope controllers began tightening the tension on its massive sunshield, a five-layer shield the size of a tennis court designed to keep the $10 billion observatory cool enough for science.  The task is the final step in unfolding … Read more