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This is a low pressure system that originates in the Mediterranean region and travels east - it carries cold air that brings rains and occasionally snow to northern India, Pakistan and Nepal.

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According to the researchers, the characteristics of the fossils indicate that the amber originated in a warm, humid forest filled with dense vegetation and resin-producing trees in southern Gondwana.

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When combined with archival observations from the Hubble Space Telescope, the data revealed that the blast originated from a massive red supergiant star wrapped in an unexpected blanket of dust.

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In line with a well-established approach, which originated in the early 20th century, the team models the fundamental building blocks of memory: the memory "engrams."

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The current Waterboys are a crack team of musical mercenaries up there to play the sheer hell out of each and every song, no matter what era it first originated in.

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