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10 billion Milky Way stars might have habitable exoplanets after all

10 billion Milky Way stars might have habitable exoplanets after all A research team led by the recipient of a U.S. National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development grant used computer simulations to determine that white dwarf stars have greater potential to host habitable planets than previously realized… Read more at nsf.gov

Indigenous Borneans knew a tree was two distinct species. Genetic analysis confirms they were right.

Indigenous Borneans knew a tree was two distinct species. Genetic analysis confirms they were right.
More than 200 years ago, a Spanish botanist described Artocarpus odoratissimus, a species of fruit-bearing tree found in Borneo and the Philippines. The Iban people, who are indigenous to Borneo, know the tree to have two different varieties, which…

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