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"SpaceX rocket explosions shredded the upper atmosphere." Views expressed in this science and technology update are those of the reporters and correspondents.  Accessed on 02 September 2024, 2150 UTC. Content and Source:  https://www.nature.com Please check link or scroll down to read your selections.  Thanks for joining us today. Russ Roberts (https://hawaiisciencejournal.blogspot.com).   View this email in your browser Monday 2 September 2024 Hello  Nature  readers, Today we learn how researchers are racing to save fossils exposed by Brazil’s record floods, hear that a huge SpaceX rocket explosion shredded the upper atmosphere and discover a must-read paper on the causes of obesity. On 15 May, about two weeks after torrential rains caused the banks of Rio Grande do Sul’s river system to overflow, palaeontologists uncovered a 2.5-metre-long fossil of a carnivorous, bipedal dinosaur belonging to the Herrerasauridae family.  (Rodrigo Temp Müller) Race t...