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Study Points to Sugar, Not Just Meat, as Fuel for Human Brain Evolution

You May Carry Neanderthal DNA. Scientists Found What It Does to You

Only two complete dodo skulls are known to exist. Scientists just looked inside them

New dinosaur species identified in New Mexico, researchers say

Pluto’s Atmosphere May Finally Be Starting to Collapse

Newly discovered oddball amphibian fossils could reveal clues about the prehistoric LA climate

Sticky alpine flower confirms Darwin's 150-year-old carnivorous plant prediction

Asteroid Nysa's rare three-lobed structure challenges formation models

Scientists Propose New Strategy in Fight against High Blood Pressure

Scientists Find Traces of Two Unknown Archaic Hominins in Human DNA

40,000-year-old bird carvings provide clues to how ice age humans flourished

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Curiosity Mars rover discovers field of honeycomb textures

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Scientists discover 210-million-year-old dinosaur in Zimbabwe

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Astronomers find strongest evidence yet that Betelgeuse has a companion

NASA captures rare phenomenon of a black hole 'devouring' a star

Dinosaurs were roasted to death by asteroid dust cloud

New research suggests the Chicxulub asteroid impact triggered a global firestorm that may have caused the rapid extinction of the dinosaurs.

‘A moment in time’: Fossil footprints shed new light on the extinct ‘Nutcracker Man’

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At least six moons in our solar system are thought to hide oceans of liquid water beneath their frozen surfaces — and the list may keep growing as old spacecraft data, improved models and new missions reveal oceans in increasingly unexpected places

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Dinosaur-era fossil provides insight into snake evolution

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Juno takes temperature of Jupiter's fiery moon Io

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Volcanoes Started Earth’s ‘Great Dying.’ This Unexpected Plant Made It Worse

New research identifies the role of widespread plant life in fueling extreme, long-term wildfires during the end-Triassic global warming event.

Milky Way flipped in collision with dwarf galaxy 10bn years ago, astronomers say

Astronomers suggest the Milky Way may have flipped sideways following a collision with a dwarf galaxy 10 billion years ago.

3.5-million-year-old mystery creature found in Japan is a 'giant' never seen before

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Scientists Believed This Near-Earth Object Was an Asteroid for 28 Years. They Were Wrong

A near-Earth object misidentified as an asteroid for 28 years has been revealed as a 'dark comet.'

Researchers just uncovered more about the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs 66 million years ago

Scientists have identified a rare class of 'oddball' meteorite responsible for the mass extinction of dinosaurs 66 million years ago.

385-Million-Year-Old Amber Found in China

Webb telescope discovers hidden planet in famous star system

Astronomers find nearby planets to be small, strange, and utterly uninhabitable

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Dead stars in our cosmic backyard: Astronomers spot four white dwarfs hiding under our noses

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Night owls eat later, choose less nutritious food, carry more belly fat and show higher metabolic risk

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Astronomers Uncover Hidden Structures Surrounding Orion Nebula

Radio observations have revealed previously hidden structures and hydrogen maps surrounding the Orion Nebula.

Earliest animal with a head was also the oldest known ‘righty’

A 550-million-year-old fossil may represent the earliest animal with a head and the first evidence of right-handedness in the animal kingdom.

Tiny Jurassic bird reveals a key step in bird evolution

Astronomers perplexed by new James Webb Space Telescope photos unveiling secrets of a galaxy 11 million lig...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured unprecedented images of a 'Centaur' galaxy, revealing the impact of cosmic collisions.

Secretive Chinese probe snaps first photo of Earth's mysterious 'quasi-moon'

New Jurassic Fossil Reveals How Birds Lost Their Dinosaur Tails

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Unlikely cave discovery suggests Neanderthals and humans shared a common culture

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Cosmic Conjoined Twins, Caught on Camera

New images from the Hayabusa-2 probe confirm that asteroid Torifune is a contact binary, a two-part structure resembling conjoined space rocks.

High nitrogen and carbon isotopic ratios in the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS

For the first time, scientists have recovered ancient DNA left behind on cave walls and rock art, opening

Researchers have successfully extracted ancient human DNA from cave walls, marking a new milestone in archaeological science.

Good News! Turns Out the Earth Will Never Be Swallowed by the Sun

NASA's Webb telescope has discovered a Jupiter-sized planet that survived its star's death, offering a glimpse into the distant future of our own solar system.

Here’s How This ‘Hobbit’-Like Human Ancestor Survived on an Island with Komodo Dragons

A martian rock has lots of carbon on it, and it's not clear why

A martian rock has been found with high levels of carbon, origin unclear

Hubble telescope spots 'impossible' light from a galaxy that shouldn't have been visible

Common Sleep Supplement May Also Ease Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain, Study Suggests

Urokodia! 518-million-year-old fossil shows beginning of spider's bite

Nearby 'Super Earth' may be a better candidate for life than previously thought

Early Saber-Toothed Cat Gets New Face after Decades of Mystery

A rare dinosaur fossil from Antarctica is found tucked away in a drawer

A fossil stored in a museum drawer for four decades has been confirmed as the first dinosaur bone ever discovered in Antarctica.

Amino acid-supplemented ‘longevity diet’ linked to longer healthy lifespan

The Universe Might Be Teeming with Strange Forms of Consciousness

Genetic diversity of late Neanderthals in northwestern Europe

New Feathered Dinosaur from China Had Peacock-Like Tail

A newly identified feathered dinosaur from China, featuring a peacock-like tail, may have preyed upon Earth's earliest birds.

Earth’s oldest crater really is over 3 billion years old, new study confirms

A new study provides 'smoking gun' evidence confirming an asteroid crater in Australia as the oldest known impact site on Earth.

New Study Challenges Long-Held Idea that Our Ancestors Simply Got Bigger Over Time

Early land animals skipped the tadpole phase

Dark energy is still accelerating the expansion of the universe, and astronomers are relieved. 'Thankfully, we have averted this crisis'

An unusual strategy helps some tropical butterflies live 25 times longer than their relatives

Strange interstellar comet speculated to be alien spacecraft is older than Solar System

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS may be the oldest object ever seen in our solar system, dating back up to 12 billion years.