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• Venus has almost no water: A new study may reveal why May 6, 2024
  Billions of years ago, Venus may have harbored as much water as Earth. Today, almost all of it has disappeared. A new study may help to explain why.
• Participants of pioneering CRISPR gene editing trial see vision improve May 6, 2024
  About 79% of clinical trial participants experienced measurable improvement after receiving experimental, CRISPR-based gene editing that is designed to fix a rare form of blindness, according to a new article.
• Astronomers observe elusive stellar light surrounding ancient quasars May 6, 2024
  Astronomers observed the elusive starlight surrounding some of the earliest quasars in the universe. The findings may shed light on how the earliest supermassive black holes became so massive despite having a relatively short amount of cosmic time in which to grow.
• New discoveries about Jupiter's magnetosphere May 6, 2024
  New discoveries about Jupiter could lead to a better understanding of Earth's own space environment and influence a long-running scientific debate about the solar system's largest planet.
• Did a magnetic field collapse trigger the emergence of animals? May 3, 2024
  Researchers uncovered compelling evidence that Earth's magnetic field was in a highly unusual state when the macroscopic animals of the Ediacaran Period -- 635 to 541 million years ago -- diversified and thrived. Their study raises the question of whether these fluctuations in Earth's ancient magnetic field led to shifts in oxygen levels that may […]