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Half-a-billion-year-old slug with spikes reveals origins of molluscs | Science & Tech News
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The discovery of a half-a-billion-year-old slug with spines has shed light on the origins of animals like oysters and octopuses, researchers have said. The new fossil, called Shishania aculeata, reveals that the earliest molluscs (animals that do not have a backbone) were flat, shell-less slugs covered in a protective spiny armour. Underneath, the animal was…
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Lockbit ransomware gang’s origins, tactics and past targets – and what next after policing breakthrough | UK News
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An infamous cyber crime gang has been disrupted by the National Crime Agency (NCA) and a coalition of international police agencies. Lockbit and its affiliates have hacked some of the world’s largest organisations in recent months, but as of Monday their extortion website displays a message saying it is “under the control of the National…
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4.5 billion-year-old asteroid could reveal the origins of life on Earth | Science & Tech News
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Samples of a 4.5 billion-year-old asteroid could reveal the origins of life on the planet. The teaspoon-sized specimen, taken from asteroid Bennu, is being examined by scientists at the Natural History Museum (NHM). The black dust-like sample could help shed light on some of the biggest questions about how Earth was formed. It could hold…
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NASA reveals ‘incredible’ findings from asteroid that could explain origins of life on Earth | Science & Tech News
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NASA has revealed its “incredible” findings from a sample that was scooped up from the surface of an asteroid and delivered to Earth by spacecraft. The sample, ancient black dust and chunks, was collected from the carbon-rich asteroid named Bennu, almost 60 million miles away. It is the largest ever returned to Earth. NASA‘s Osiris-Rex…
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Winchcombe meteorite boosts theory regarding origins of Earth’s oceans | Science & Tech News
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A new study of a meteorite that landed in Winchcombe has bolstered a theory regarding the origins of water on Earth. Scientists have published their first detailed analysis of the carbonaceous chondrite meteor, which fell on the Gloucestershire town in February 2021. The new study, published in Science Advances, shows that carbonaceous chondrites like the…