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Naked mole rats vanquish genetic ghosts — and achieve long life

Naked mole rats — unpretty rodents that can live for more than 30 years — seem to have quelled the genetic ghosts that haunt other mammalian genomes. Access options Access Nature and 54 other Nature Portfolio journals Get Nature+, our best-value online-access subscription 24,99 € / 30 days cancel any time Subscribe to this journal Receive 51 print […]

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Can you see Earth’s new ‘minimoon’ with the naked eye?

On Sunday (Sept. 29), Earth captured a “second moon” that will accompany our planet on its journey around the sun for the next two months. The clingy space rock is actually a near-Earth asteroid named 2024 PT5, which measures an estimated 33 feet (10 meters) wide, or about the length of a school bus. Snagged […]