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Australia's 'upside down' dinosaur age had two giant predators, 120 million-year-old fossils revealA new study has revealed that "hug of death" megaraptorids and previously unknown carcharodontosaurs shared Australia's unique Antarctic dinosaur ecosystem during the Cretaceous.
By Patrick Pester Published
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Thule snow goggles: 1,000-year-old Arctic eyewear carved from walrus tusksThese carved snow goggles were a necessary accessory for Arctic existence centuries ago.
By Kristina Killgrove Published
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'We are creating the fire equivalent of an ice age': Humans have plunged Earth into the 'Pyrocene'Humans have become a geologic force by cooking the planet — using fire on a scale that is altering land, water, air and ecosystems.
By Stephen Pyne Published
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Turkey vulture: The bird that vomits acid up to 10 feet and poops antiseptic onto its legsTurkey vultures feed on dead carcasses, helping to lower greenhouse gas emissions.
By Lydia Smith Published
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Flu shot lowers hospitalization risk by 35% in vulnerable groups, data hintData from the Southern Hemisphere hint that this year's flu shot lowers the risk of hospitalization among vulnerable demographics.
By Nicoletta Lanese Published
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'Knife-wielding orca' and alien-looking figures among 300 Nazca Lines discovered in groundbreaking AI studyScientists used AI to find 303 never-before-seen geoglyphs in Peru's Nazca Desert, including abstract humanoid figures, ancient ceremonies, "decapitated heads" and a "killer whale holding a knife."
By Harry Baker Published
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'Sloth virus' reported in Europe for 1st time — but what is it?The Oropouche virus, which some media outlets are calling a "sloth virus," has been seen in European travelers returning home from the Americas.
By Nicoletta Lanese Published
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Salar de Uyuni: The world's largest salt desert and lithium reservoir surrounded by volcanoesThe Salar de Uyuni desert is famous for its gleaming surface waters and hexagonal salt crust patterns, but below this otherworldly landscape lie about 11 million tons of highly sought-after lithium.
By Sascha Pare Published
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Humans reached Argentina by 20,000 years ago — and they may have survived by eating giant armadillos, study suggestsThe discovery of butchered bones belonging to a glyptodont, a giant relative of the armadillo, suggests that humans were living in Argentina 20,000 years ago.
By Kristina Killgrove Published
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