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Achilles' heel of ice shelves is beneath the water, scientists reveal Posted: 15 Sep 2013 10:43 AM PDT New research has revealed that more ice leaves Antarctica by melting from the underside of submerged ice shelves than was previously thought, accounting for as much as 90 percent of ice loss in some areas.

Scientists discover cosmic factory for making building blocks of life Posted: 15 Sep 2013 10:43 AM PDT Scientists have discovered a "cosmic factory" for producing the building blocks of life, amino acids. The team discovered that when icy comets collide into a planet, amino acids can be produced. These essential building blocks are also produced if a rocky meteorite crashes into a planet with an icy surface.

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