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Artist's impression of planets forming around a young star. New, very precise measurements of krypton isotopes from deep in the Earth show that water, carbon and other volatile materials were ...

At a glance “Krypton” looks like this year’s version of “Gotham,” inasmuch as each of these comic-book prequels has as big donut hole in its plot, structured around a marquee character (there, Batman; ...

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