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Meteorites or gas explosions were blamed for the huge depressions on NZ’s seafloor. Scientists were wrong.

A new study has posited the idea that microbial life could exist in Venus’s clouds.

In a new study, scientists are exploring the idea that life could be lurking high up in the clouds of Venus, and suggest that the planet’s atmosphere would be the perfect place to begin a search for microbial life.

Scientist Sanjay Limaye, who works at the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Space Science and Engineering Center, conducted the latest research with a group of international researchers and noted that it is highly possible that Venus may have once had a plentiful supply of liquid water on the planet’s surface that could have been in existence for at least 2 billion years, according to Phys. Org.

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In Losing the Nobel Prize, astrophysicist Brian Keating discusses the downsides of science’s top honor.

Astronomer Kathryn Neugent discusses how scientists found the supermassive star moving at 300,000 miles per hour—and what caused its speedy travel.

Humans plus machines equals heightened creativity.

By Elizabeth Kiehner

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Scientists have linked hundreds of genes to intelligence. One psychologist says it’s time to test school kids.

A new energy-efficient process developed at Murdoch University is set to revolutionise wastewater treatment by significantly reducing the industry’s electricity consumption.

Dr. Ralf Cord-Ruwisch and Dr. Wipa Charles, along with two Phd students have collaborated with engineers Professor Liang Cheng and Dr. Lee Walker to form BioFilmTec Pty. Ltd – a research team designing and developing a new wastewater treatment system that requires less than half the electricity to operate.

With current wastewater treatment technology in Australia more than 100 years old, Dr. Cord-Ruwisch believes the time is right for a more energy-efficient approach.

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Microsoft announces the Microsoft Professional Program in AI, the latest learning track teaching artificial intelligence skills open to the public.

Flaws in a study about unintended gene editing snips have led to its retraction. But that’s not the end of the story.