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                            <title><![CDATA[ Latest from Live Science in Photosynthesis ]]></title>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ What would happen to Earth if the sun suddenly vanished? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Earth is habitable due to warmth from the sun. So what would happen if the sun disappeared? ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jesse Steinmetz ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/a4s3oqJi8dtfiU26oe3f6h-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A very long solar filament that had been snaking around the sun erupted with a flourish on Dec. 6, 2010.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A close up of the sun shows a glowing orange and red ball of gas with long streaks of gas filaments leaking from its surface into the darkness of space.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ China has planted so many trees around the Taklamakan Desert that it's turned this 'biological void' into a carbon sink ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Huge-scale ecological engineering around the edges of one of the world's largest and driest deserts has turned it into a carbon sink that absorbs more CO2 than it emits, research suggests. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 11:43:43 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Plants]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GJMc6FqGdoRyshNoyVK8uL-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Vegetation grows on the banks of the Tarim River along the Taklamakan Desert&#039;s northern edge.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[View of the Tarim River at the edge of China&#039;s Taklamakan Desert.  We see waterways and vegetation on the river banks.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Scientists invent photosynthetic 'living' material that sucks CO2 out of the atmosphere ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists have developed a material with photosynthetic bacteria that convert carbon dioxide into a mineral skeleton. The material hardens over time, so it could be used for buildings, they say. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2025 14:26:51 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 25 Jun 2025 23:06:49 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/G4NB4EvH7wnSaKcycB9nun-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Yifan Cui &amp; Dalia Dranseike / ETH Zürich]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Scientists have developed a new &quot;living&quot; material. The left images shows a 3D-printed &quot;pineapple&quot; with blue-green algae growing inside it. The right image shows a similar object but in the shape of a cube.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Two versions of a new photosynthetic material. On the left we see a pineapple-shaped sample and on the right a cubic sample.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Plants: Facts about our oxygen providers ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Discover interesting facts about why plants are green, if they feel pain, and if they get cancer. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2025 17:42:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Plants]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jess Thomson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Ys2LGCs5gquRQ8k8trUkp9-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Perhaps it's only a matter of time': Intelligent life may be much more likely than first thought, new model suggests ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/extraterrestrial-life/perhaps-its-only-a-matter-of-time-intelligent-life-may-be-much-more-likely-than-first-thought-new-model-suggests</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ For decades, scientists assumed that life on Earth emerged through a chain of highly improbable flukes. But a new theory suggests it may have instead arrived just in time. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2025 14:10:59 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:31:33 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Turner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/geTBFcsrfkKyyBAoqmtqNc-1280-80.jpeg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Early life may have made an inhospitable Earth more habitable -- and it could be happening on alien planets too, new research proposes.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Early life may have made an inhospitable Earth more habitable -- and it could be happening on alien planets too, new research proposes.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Tiny photosynthetic aliens could be lurking in hidden bubbles in Mars' ice — and could soon be replicated on Earth ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new NASA-led study suggests that photosynthetic microbes could thrive in hidden bubbles of meltwater below patches of ice on Mars. This could be one of the easiest places to search for extraterrestrial life "anywhere in the universe," the team says. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2024 17:50:52 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:07:10 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5mcdwFSm7mBDxnuBFnzaLJ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A new study reveals that photosynthetic microbes may be secretly thriving in icy structures across Mars&#039; surface.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Part of Mars being orbited by its moons]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Deep below the Arctic Ocean, some plants have adapted to photosynthesize in almost near darkness ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/plants/plants-can-grow-in-near-darkness-new-research-shows-here-are-three-promising-benefits</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Plants found to photosynthesize 160 feet beneath the surface of the Arctic Ocean offer tantalizing prospects for the future. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2024 14:16:57 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 08 May 2025 11:30:30 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sven Batke ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PeDSTM8tXMq5TL2oZ7ckmn-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Naomi Rahim via Getty Images]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A study of Arctic microalgae could benefit everyone from farmers to astronauts.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A dark image of plants growing underwater]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Fossils locked away for 1.75 billion years hold clues about key moment in Earth's history ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/plants/fossils-locked-away-for-175-billion-years-hold-clues-about-key-moment-in-earths-history</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Fossils from Australia provide the first direct evidence that photosynthesis was happening at least 1.75 billion years ago. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2024 15:24:01 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:03:51 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jacklin Kwan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2C7kLABzCrkAr4oT8zc96X-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Great Oxidation Event saw oxygen levels on Earth rise dramatically around 2.45 billion years ago.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The sun shines brightly under a forest canopy that highlights the many leaves and plants underneath.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Mangrove leaf slug: The solar-powered mollusk that gobbles up sunlight then goes months without eating ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ This frilly slug lives in the mangroves of southeastern Asia and Australia, lounging in shallow pools of water and scraping up algae from which it gains the ability to photosynthesize. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 07 Oct 2023 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:02:40 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/22srwnEdwqaPWVTn864eAV-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Mangrove leaf slugs are simultaneous hermaphrodites, meaning they have the sexual organs of both sexes.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Profile, top and bottom view of a mangrove leaf slug against a black background.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Watch the world choke on CO2 in eerie NASA videos of manmade emissions ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The animations highlight emissions from different human and natural sources, with the main contribution coming from the burning of fossil fuels. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2023 08:47:44 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:01:42 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hmK7kuGhPzTQfnvNKJuptY-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels are heavily concentrated in the Northern Hemisphere, but they drift southward as the months go by. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A screenshot from a NASA video shows CO2 emissions across North and South America in 2021.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Scientists have finally discovered how photosynthesis starts — by setting it off with a single photon ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ For the first time, researchers have observed how just one particle of light can trigger photosynthesis in bacteria — finally revealing the first step of the crucial process. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jun 2023 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:01:37 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joanna Thompson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PhCT4GFB2iodKtHJs86ZhD-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of a single photon drifting toward a plant to kick-start photosynthesis.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of a glowing breen orb (a photon) falling toward the leafy forest floor to start photosynthesis]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Scientists accidentally discover photosynthesis doesn't work exactly like we thought it did ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers have serendipitously discovered that a key step in photosynthesis can occur much earlier in the process than previously believed. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 31 Mar 2023 10:38:09 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:00:47 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PbBoGK7YbNEbRheWgw9eVg-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Logic-defying 'bottom blooms' could sustain hidden ecosystems in Arctic and Antarctica ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A pair of new studies has revealed 'highly unlikely' phytoplankton blooms appearing near the seafloor and under sea ice at both Earth's poles. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xvR8cDsBnXszwEBeD9NoD3-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[A surface phytoplankton bloom in the Ross Sea in Antarctica captured by NASA&#039;s Aqua satellite on Jan. 11 2011. New research suggests blooms like this may also exist further beneath the surface in both of Earth&#039;s polar regions.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A surface phytoplankton bloom in the Ross Sea in Antarctica captured by NASA&#039;s Aqua satellite on Jan. 11 2011. New research suggests blooms like this may also exist further beneath the surface in both of Earth&#039;s polar regions.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ New 'artificial' photosynthesis is 10x more efficient than previous attempts ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/artificial-photosynthesis-fuels</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new method of using the machinery of photosynthesis to make methane is 10 times more efficient than previous attempts. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2022 17:43:11 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:22:08 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stephanie Pappas ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4YZ3T2qECfjdrnan9oWHf5-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A closeup of a chloroplast, the natural machinery that plants use to perform photosynthesis. Researchers have developed a method of artificial photosynthesis that is 10 times more efficient than previous attempts.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[closeup of green chloroplast]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 3.5 billion-year-old rock structures are one of the oldest signs of life on Earth ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Fossils called stromatolites from Western Australia were created by microbes 3.48 billion years ago. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stephanie Pappas ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QXGRNP9UjshtXMr43yCVGo-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A sample of Dresser Formation stromatolite, showing a complex layered structure formed of hematite, barite, and quartz, and a domed upper surface. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A sample of Dresser Formation stromatolite, showing a complex layered structure formed of hematite, barite, and quartz, and a domed upper surface. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ What is photosynthesis? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/51720-photosynthesis.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Photosynthesis is the process plants, algae and some bacteria use to turn sunlight, carbon dioxide and water into sugar and oxygen. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Daisy Dobrijevic ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SoJj2vUsPUsbLpW4FKRmVb-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Photosynthesis takes in the carbon dioxide produced by all breathing organisms and reintroduces oxygen into the atmosphere.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[close up of an avocado leaf with a stem running diagonally from left to right]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Scientists uncover ancient source of oxygen that could have fueled life on early Earth ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Chemical reactions in early Earth's crust may have provided oxygen to ancient microbes. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2022 10:00:24 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:41:13 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TmqtDvsaWMXLstEX9HyMHA-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Jon Telling / Jordan Stone / Newcastle University]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Jordan Stone, the lead author of a new study and recent masters student in environmental geoscience at Newcastle University, is seen here setting up one of the experiments.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Scientist in a lab coat is pictured injecting something into a small glass vial on a lab bench]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Why is grass green? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/32496-why-is-grass-green.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Here's why grass is green and not blue or purple. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jeanna Bryner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mHWkN6mvRqrifNryFepjnX-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[A dandelion grows in a bright-green lawn of grass.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A dandelion grows in a bright-green lawn of grass.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Slowdown of Earth's spin caused an oxygen surge ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Billions of years ago, a slowdown in Earth's rotation period lengthened days and offered photosynthesizing bacteria the chance to release more oxygen, transforming the planet. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mindy Weisberger ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HwuWpN8RU4o8pVop5FDR2R-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Phil Hartmeyer, NOAA Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A burbot fish rests on rocks covered in purple and white microbial mats, inside the Middle Island Sinkhole in Lake Huron.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A burbot fish rests on rocks covered in purple and white microbial mats, inside the Middle Island Sinkhole in Lake Huron.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ This sea slug can chop off its head and grow an entire new body, twice ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/decapitated-sea-slugs-regrow-entire-body.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Two species of sacoglossan sea slugs have been found to be able to sever their heads from their bodies and regrow a replacement by researchers in Japan. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2021 16:13:32 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:19:25 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wfqGTs469inS6JF6gXKFV8-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Sayaka Mitoh]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This image shows the head and the body of Elysia cf. marginata, a day after autotomy.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[This image shows the head and the body of Elysia cf. marginata, a day after autotomy.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ What if humans had photosynthetic skin? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/what-if-humans-had-green-skin-photosynthesis.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ If humans had green skin, for instance, what if it granted us the ability to perform photosynthesis, which plants use to live off of sunlight? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2021 13:15:19 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:50:09 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Charles Q. Choi ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gVvyeWvziWkUef7JRq8Qw7-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Strange Forest 'Superorganism' Is Keeping This Vampire Tree Alive ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/66025-kauri-tree-superorganism-root-grafting.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ By grafting their roots together in a hidden underground network, trees could be forming giant "superorganisms" that span entire forests. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2019 16:12:58 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 06 Aug 2019 22:20:28 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Brandon Specktor ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8WHMnsrzhNtH3AYXvNgbqA-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The stump in question looks like the last standing wall of a great ruined fortress. Beneath the soil, it’s still alive.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The stump in question looks like the last standing wall of a great ruined fortress. Beneath the soil, it’s still alive.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Vast Expanses of Rock on Earth's Surface May Act Like a Natural Solar Panel ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/65309-photoelectric-current-minerals.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ They can turn light into electricity. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2019 13:16:41 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 06 Aug 2019 22:25:41 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Yasemin Saplakoglu ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9UTQfrxjbQjkRDcbEdBhQd-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Rocks in China.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Rocks in China.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Here's What Photosynthesis Sounds Like Underwater ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ If you listen closely, you can hear little plants harnessing the sun's energy. All you have to do is dive underwater and listen for the faint but distinctive "ping!" that red algae make while carrying out photosynthesis, a new study finds. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2018 18:56:39 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 13 May 2024 11:23:14 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ lgeggel@livescience.com (Laura Geggel) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Laura Geggel ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nGrPKY7BBCwMMaYSNBVyP3-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[As bubbles of oxygen made from photosynthesis depart underwater plants, they emit a &quot;ping&quot; sound.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Underwater bubbles]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Schrödinger's Bacteria? Physics Experiment Leads to 1st Entanglement of Living Organisms ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A paper published in 2017 appeared to show a limited quantum effect in bacteria. Now scientists argue that something much weirder happened. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2018 16:45:12 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:54:05 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rafi Letzter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aMTgTt6VAjxnUdXJwcmfU5-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The Earth Breathes in Incredibly Creepy Video from Canadian Forest ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ What could make the Earth seem to "breathe" as it does in this startling video from Quebec, Canada? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2018 12:10:52 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 06 Aug 2019 22:35:29 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Brandon Specktor ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UZdA9Gv2N4h7UBCaJgHp39-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Earth's Soil Is Hyperventilating Thanks To Climate Change ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ There's twice as much C02 trapped in Earth's soil as in the atmosphere, and it's escaping. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2018 19:38:26 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:55:19 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Brandon Specktor ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KiTfaNysxjismjGJn56gT-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Earth&#039;s soil contains roughly twice as much CO2 as Earth&#039;s atmosphere — and it&#039;s escaping faster and faster.]]></media:description>                                                    </media:content>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Earth's Oldest Color Dates Back More Than 1 Billion Years ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists have identified the oldest organic color in the world. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2018 16:44:52 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:37:38 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mindy Weisberger ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yQWTa4wkCoJoNDjktttqJ5-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[When you imagine Earth&#039;s oldest color, think pink.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Desert landscape in ultraviolet and pink tones.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Iridescent Algae Glow with Their Very Own Opals ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Algae can be glamorous, too. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2018 15:04:51 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:45:01 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ysaplakoglu@livescience.com (Yasemin Saplakoglu) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Yasemin Saplakoglu ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JHjuDCit3yXxXoESgaQqVL-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[These images show rainbow wrack (&lt;em&gt;Cystoseira tamariscifolia&lt;/em&gt;) reflecting light.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[rainbow wrack]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ When the World Turned Green: Age of Plant Photosynthesis Revealed ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Ancient rocks from a remote Canada island contain the oldest algae ever discovered. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 27 Dec 2017 16:55:43 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:55:48 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ lgeggel@livescience.com (Laura Geggel) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Laura Geggel ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CeC3ZrTZjYFsTDKXqeRhh5-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[By dating the ancient algae &lt;i&gt;Bangiomorpha pubescens&lt;/i&gt;, found on the coast of Baffin Island, in Canada, researchers have determined that photosynthesis began in plants about 1.25 billion years ago.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Baffin Island]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Cast a 2-Year Shroud of Darkness Over Earth ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The dinosaur-killing asteroid that collided with Earth about 65.5 million years ago plunged the planet into a darkness that lasted nearly two years, a new study finds. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 23 Aug 2017 19:31:56 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:55:49 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ lgeggel@livescience.com (Laura Geggel) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Laura Geggel ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hxR7V9GtT6StwNYpCa2ghK-1280-80.jpeg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Are Trees Vegetarian? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Humans can be vegetarians, choosing to forgo meat, but what about trees? After all, trees need only soil, sunlight and water to survive, right? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2017 20:02:06 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:27:50 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ lgeggel@livescience.com (Laura Geggel) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Laura Geggel ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vqhtLvjYyP6zmu4cqckBBg-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Don&#039;t even think about having a picnic here, even if it&#039;s a vegetarian one.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Tree picnic sign]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Coral 'Twilight Zone' Reveals New Type of Photosynthesis ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Low-light algae living in coral have evolved a never-before-seen way to capture energy. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2016 17:59:15 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:59:32 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stephanie Pappas ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3g2jgdbf2qM8E2sQQVSTrh-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Divers explore a coral wall in this dim, blue world called the mesophotic zone.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Divers explore a coral wall in this dim, blue world called the mesophotic zone.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Earth Gets Greener as Globe Gets Hotter ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Carbon dioxide emissions are fueling more verdant landscapes around the globe, but the potentially temporary greening doesn't mean global warming is good. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2016 21:46:21 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:30:47 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tia Ghose ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nC6Vm9rVrkpzyNt3Mq8CxM-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The surface area of the Earth covered by leafy green vegetation has increased dramatically over the last several decades, thanks to excess carbon emissions. But the green shoots aren&#039;t necessarily a good thing; they are harbingers of more worrisome impacts of climate change, like sea level rise and glacier met.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[earth gets greener]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Bacterial Slime Acts As Teensy Eyeball ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Cyanobacteria may use their whole body as a light-gathering apparatus, similar to a camera that helps the primitive organisms "see" and move toward light. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2016 18:16:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:05:10 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tia Ghose ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nHdDXZ7UMovixWpwnTJDYo-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A new study reveals how tiny cyanobacteria sense and move towards light. It turns out that each teensy organism acts as a miniature lens that gathers and focuses light, similar to the way a human eye or a camera works.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[how bacterial slime can see]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Volcanoes May Explain Delay in Earth's Oxygen ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ It is a mystery why oxygen didn't suffuse the Earth's atmosphere until much after the earliest lifeforms that make oxygen arose. Now, new research suggests a reason for the delay. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Charles Q. Choi ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/j8uEfkpYWGGRA9NsFWGo2a-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Stromatolites — like these, found in the World Heritage Area of Shark Bay, Western Australia — may contain cyanobacteria, which were most likely earth&#039;s first photosynthetic organisms. Stromatolites have been found that date back to about 3.7 billion years ago.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Stromatolites, which are brownish-grey rock-like structures, dot the shallow waters of Shark Bay in Australia.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Shiny Giant Clams May Inspire New Solar Tech ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Brilliant shades of blue and aqua coat the iridescent lips of giant clams, but these shiny cells aren't just for show, new research finds. The iridescent sheen directs beams of sunlight into the interior of the clam, providing light for algae inside. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2014 12:31:09 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:57:59 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ lgeggel@livescience.com (Laura Geggel) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Laura Geggel ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dXPVCyAqksgxEgYzFsqKpD-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The brilliant blue reflective cells on a giant clam can reflect sunlight for algae living inside its shell.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[giant clam]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Climate Change Scrambles Arctic Food Chain ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Arctic's shrinking sea ice is reshaping the region's food web from the bottom up, a new study reports. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2014 12:57:46 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:58:10 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Becky Oskin ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/K3L3ZaJQ8mhq8tgpGZwCHb-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An Aug. 24, 2012, phytoplankton bloom in the Barents Sea, north of Norway and Russia.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Barents sea plankton bloom]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Viruses Deflate Huge Algal Blooms at Sea ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Gobs of microscopic organisms called algae may have met their match in viruses that can invade their cells, ultimately leading to death, new research suggests. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ lgeggel@livescience.com (Laura Geggel) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Laura Geggel ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ibMCbhEcDeJ4C9nxmVb5y4-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Bahamas Bacteria May Feast on Dust from the Saharan Desert ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Bacteria living in the warm waters off the Bahama Islands may feed on the mineral-rich dust carried over by wind from the Sahara Desert, a new study finds. The growing bacteria create the limestone that shapes some of the Bahamas' structures. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ lgeggel@livescience.com (Laura Geggel) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Laura Geggel ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JXmW5mLUsqGZkaSG4inAPi-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Biodiversity Benefits Society in Surprising Ways ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Research on Earth's biodiversity has advanced science and engineering innovation. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2014 09:09:16 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:30:51 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Lily Whiteman ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PuSfGBoubhxDESzvkjMJTZ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[After the discovery of a bacterium that lives at extremely high temperatures in Yellowstone National Park’s hot springs, scientists extracted a heat-resistant enzyme that helps copy DNA. This enzyme was used to develop a lab technique for rapidly duplicating DNA with the help of repeated heating and cooling cycles. Known as the &lt;a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymerase_chain_reaction target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;polymerase chain reaction&lt;/a&gt; (PCR), this technique enables DNA fingerprinting, an essential forensics tool, and much of the biotechnology industry, worth more than $95 billion today.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Extremophile kick-starts new industries]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 10 Surprising Ways that Biodiversity Benefits the Economy ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ From microbes to plants and large predators, every organism on Earth has evolved unique survival mechanisms and research has shown us how this biodiversity can help society. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2014 08:58:19 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:22:03 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Lily Whiteman ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HNPuVjt2GCyEAn6VT6fWrd-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Image courtesy professor Kellar Autumn, from Autumn, K., et al. 2002. Evidence for van der Waals adhesion in gecko setae. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 99, 12252-12256.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Geckos can scamper up vertical walls and across ceilings because their feet have billions of tiny fibers that contact surfaces closely enough to form intermolecular bonds with them. The cumulative power of these fibers holds the foot in place. Made from tiny synthetic hairs that function like gecko bristles, gecko-inspired adhesives offer up to 100 times the gecko’s gripping power, and can be easily attached and detached from surfaces if manipulated correctly. Such adhesives may be used to improve medical equipment, climbing shoes and cell phones.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Geckos inspire more than car insurance]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ When Did Earth's First Whiffs of Oxygen Emerge? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new picture has emerged of the rise of oxygen on Earth. A growing body of data suggests the earliest photosynthesis evolved 600 million years before the Great Oxidation Event. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2014 18:02:11 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 25 Nov 2021 09:46:26 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Becky Oskin ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TiKm2L8s5pt9SuGHctH9cK-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An image of the Earth taken by the Russian weather satellite Elektro-L No.1. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Earth, blue marble, satellite image]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ New High-Tech Plants Could Detect Bombs or Chemical Weapons ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Plants already provide food, fuel and oxygen, but now researchers want to make plants produce even more energy and perform jobs such as detecting environmental pollutants or even explosives or chemical weapons. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2014 18:05:36 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 14 Oct 2022 14:37:22 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tanya Lewis ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LUVnKGwTVKzeXFhaK2aaNP-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[ Close up image of an arabidopsis plant.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An arabidopsis plant]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Corals Trap Light to Help Algae Friends ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Corals rely on the photosynthesis of algae for oxygen. To make sure algae get the light they need, coral tissue traps and redistributes sunlight. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joseph Castro ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8EHKBJLDZKVtUD6A9vPM36-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An oxygen micro sensor measures oxygen in a coral sample to see how well the coral distributed light to the symbiotic algae that lives inside it.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A sensor measures oxygen in coral]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Ocean Microbes Shed Bizarre DNA-Carrying Blobs, Study Finds ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Tiny marine microbes that are thought to play a crucial role in the planet's carbon and nutrient cycles are mysteriously shedding massive amounts of bacterial "buds," loaded with proteins and genetic information, into the world's oceans. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jan 2014 19:01:16 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 12:46:41 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Denise Chow ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RvHcia7s3PwfVRZPfx9yYd-1280-80.jpeg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Scientists at MIT documented the first extracellular vesicles produced by ocean microbes. The arrow points to one of these spherical vesicles in this scanning electron micrograph of the cyanobacteria, Prochlorococcus.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Ocean Microbes Shedding Vesicles]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Quantum Effects Of Photosynthesis Could Improve Energy Efficiency ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Biological phenomenon could turbocharge electricity generation in solar cells. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jan 2014 04:42:11 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:53:26 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Charles Q. Choi ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hWaGrTkUZDhzDcMKQpEDWJ-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Joe Fanai via flickr | http://bit.ly/1dtDGCq]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[ Biological phenomenon could turbocharge electricity generation in solar cells.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Leaves in the sun, photosynthesis, energy efficiency]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Finding the Path to Earth's Early Oxygen ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ New evidence that manganese paved the way for photosynthesis. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2013 18:42:36 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 14 Oct 2022 14:31:35 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Becky Oskin ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BrwmA8gqENWL7N3HS9Xgjh-1280-80.jpeg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Geologist Jena Johnson examines an outcrop of the Koegas Subgroup (2.415 billion years old), Northern Cape Province, South Africa.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Jena Johnson]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Plants Use Quantum Physics to Survive ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Quantum effects spill out of physics labs and into wet and messy biological systems. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Katia Moskvitch ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wEQR876b2Aqsso5XFBkWe8-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The bizarre rules of quantum mechanics may in fact enable many of life&#039;s fundamental processes, scientists say.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The bizarre rules of quantum mechanics may in fact enable many of life&#039;s fundamental processes, scientists say.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Amazon River 'Breathes' Carbon Dioxide from Rain Forest ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ River bacteria can break down plant-based carbon, exhaling it as carbon dioxide. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Denise Chow ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bJGXUFGtCwJkp525fRzjwf-1280-80.jpeg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Amazon River flows for more than 4,100 miles (6,600 km); within its hundreds of tributaries and streams are the largest number of freshwater fish species in the world.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Aerial view of rainforest at the Araguaia River on the border of the states of Mato Grosso and GoiÃ s in Brazil ]]></media:text>
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