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Mars Express took snapshots of Candor Chasma, a valley in the northern part of Valles Marineris, as it was in orbit above the region on 6 July 2006. The High Resolution Stereo Camera on the orbiter obtained the data in orbit number 3195, with a ground resolution of approximately 20 m/pixel. Candor Chasma lies at approximately 6? south and 290? east.

Space

Large deposits of water found on Mars below the surface at the equator

Previous discoveries of water on Mars were limited to the poles or deep underground, but water deposits spotted near the surface at the equator could be easily accessed by future astronauts

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oak processionary moth

Environment

Tougher action needed to stop oak-killing moth’s spread in the UK

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2EXXD38 March 3, 2021: The Brazilian Ministry of Health, with support from the Armed Forces, applies vaccines to indigenous people in the village of Iuarete, municipality of Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira, in the state of Amazonas, on Wednesday (3).The action immunized, against Covid19, about 350 indigenous people in the villages of Taracua Igarape and Santo Atanasio, which are in areas of difficult access in the Amazon Forest, on the border between Brazil and Colombia. Credit: Paulo Lopes/ZUMA Wire/Alamy Live News

Environment

Indigenous groups threatened by gold exploration in remote Amazon

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Perseverance Mars rover

Space

Perseverance Mars rover uncovers the watery history of Jezero crater

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An almost-transparent, newly-hatched gloomy octopus

Life

Newly hatched gloomy octopuses may seek out light to catch tiny prey

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A network diagram

Technology

What is Web3 and how will it change the way we use the internet?

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Excavation of a 125,000-year-old archaeological site at Neumark-Nord 2 near Halle, Germany, summer 2007. The excavation of this specific lake shore site, well-preserved in fine-grained water laid deposits, yielded the cut-marked remains of hundreds of large mammals, mainly horses and bovids, and about 20,000 stone artefacts.

Humans

Neanderthals may have cleared a European forest with fire or tools

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Robot hand

Technology

Sticky robot hand inspired by geckos combines delicacy and strength

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Hiroshi Ezura, a professor of genetic engineering at the University of Tsukuba, with his genome edited tomato plant (Naoki Shoji).

Technology

2021 in review: CRISPR-edited food goes on sale to public

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Technology

2021 in review: AI firm DeepMind solves human protein structures

In July, DeepMind announced that its AlphaFold model had worked out how most of the proteins in our bodies fold. Pushmeet Kohli tells New 杏吧原创 that there is more to come

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Technology

2021 in review: Jian-Wei Pan leads China鈥檚 quantum computing successes

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Space

2021 in review: Space tourism begins 鈥� for billionaires, anyway

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Technology

2021 in review: When a brain blob in a dish grew a pair of 鈥榚yes鈥�

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Space

2021 in review: Three different missions land on Mars

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