Spikes of heat and pressure caused by the implosions of light-emitting bubbles in liquids can strip atoms of electrons; researchers reported that a flat region near the Martian equator holds a frozen ocean that was once the size of the North Sea; and shark cartilage continues to be sold to fight cancer, even though its efficacy has not been confirmed by any major U.S. trials.
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