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Two Planets May Lurk Beyond Pluto (Newser Daily Digest)

Two Planets May Lurk Beyond Pluto

(Newser) - It might soon be time to change all those grade-school dioramas of the solar system again: Astronomers think at least two more planets exist, reports Universe Today . In two studies from the UK and Spain, scientists say the planets' existence is the only way to explain why objects are behaving... More »

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5 Most Incredible Discoveries of the Week

(Newser) - A Scottish sea monster and a poker-playing bot that most people will never beat make the list: Mars Probe Lost for a Decade Shows Up : The Beagle 2 began its fall to Mars on Dec. 19, 2003, with a scheduled Christmas Day landing—but it was never heard from again.... More »

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Humans Push Earth Past 4 of 9 Danger Zones

(Newser) - Be warned humans, five more strikes and you might be looking for a new planet to call home. A team of scientists that once laid out nine "planetary boundaries" that should not be crossed says humans have managed to cross four of them already, reports Reuters . The bad grades... More »

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Michigan Neighbors Unearth Mastodon Bones in Backyard

(Newser) - Eric Witzke's home is in Bellevue Township, Michigan, but he is clearly not the first one to roam his yard. While he and neighbor Daniel LaPoint were excavating a backyard pond, they happened upon more than 40 mastodon bones, reports ABC News . An expert from the University of Michigan... More »

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Could Hibernation Lead Us to Alzheimer's Drug?

(Newser) - During hibernation, animals like bears and mice lose as much as 30% of their synapses as the creatures cool; but those brain connections are recreated when they wake back up however many weeks or months later. Synapses are similarly lost (but, of course, not reformed) in the brains of Alzheimer'... More »

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Lost Mars Probe Found Intact After 11 Years

(Newser) - The British-built Beagle 2 began its fall to Mars on Dec. 19, 2003. It was expected to land on the Red Planet on Christmas Day and begin its search for alien life (its name is a nod to Charles Darwin's HMS Beagle). But it was never heard from again.... More »

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