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Is it safe for cats to drink milk?Mother cats nurse kittens, but can older cats safely lap up milk?
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What's the fastest airborne animal?What's the fastest an airborne animal can go?
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Blood Red Skies Over China Explained 300 Years LaterA massive geomagnetic storm that was recorded across East Asia for nine days in 1770 suggests such solar flareups are surprisingly common.
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Ice Samples Reveal a Massive Sun Storm Hit Earth in Ancient Times...And It Could Happen AgainA gigantic solar storm hit Earth about 2,600 years ago, one about 10 times stronger than any solar storm recorded in the modern day, a new study finds.
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Why do cats lick?Here's the science behind why cats lick themselves, as well as other animals and even humans.
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New class of exoplanet — half-rock, half-water — discovered orbiting red dwarfA new type of exoplanet has been discovered circling around one of the most common stars in the universe, and it could help in the search for extraterrestrial life.
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Did Nero really fiddle while Rome burned?A well-known expression says that Nero fiddled while Rome burned. But has history misrepresented this infamous ruler?
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Oldest Human DNA Reveals Mysterious Branch of Humanityhuman-evolution -
Genome of Mysterious Extinct Human Reveals Brown-Eyed Girl... and other surprises are revealed in the Denisovan DNA.
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Neanderthals and Denisovans Mated, New Hybrid Bone RevealsFinally, there's proof that Neanderthals and Denisovans interbred.
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Now-Extinct Relative Had Sex with Humans Far and WideThe Denisovans spanned from Siberia to Asia, leaving evidence of interbreeding in modern humans.
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Finger Bone Points to New Branch of HumanityThe finger came from a young girl, who was neither like us nor Neanderthal.
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Neanderthals Weren't Humans' Only Mating Partners. Meet the Denisovans.The mysterious extinct human lineage known as the Denisovans may have interbred with modern humans in at least two separate waves, a new study finds.
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DNA from Mysterious 'Denisovans' Helped Modern Humans SurviveGenetic mutations from extinct human relatives called the Denisovans might have influenced modern human immune systems, researchers say.
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Ancient tooth of mysterious Denisovan girl possibly foundResearchers in Laos have uncovered an ancient molar that may have belonged to a Denisovan girl who lived up to 164,000 years ago.
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Oldest-known fossils of mysterious human lineage uncovered in Siberian caveScientists have unearthed the oldest fossils to date of the mysterious human lineage known as the Denisovans.
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How many meteorites hit Earth every year?Earth is constantly showered by space rocks, but how many of these actually land on Earth's surface?
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7 million years ago, our earliest relatives took their first steps on 2 feetThe arm and leg bones suggested an upright stance.
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In which month are the most babies born?Which of the 12 months has the most births? And why do babies tend to be born at certain times of the year?
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What's the largest bone in the human body? (What about the smallest?)What is the smallest bone in the human body? What is the largest bone in the human body? Live Science has the answers.
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Is Earth getting closer to the sun, or farther away?Here's a look at whether Earth is getting closer to or farther from the sun, why that's happening and what effects it might have on our planet.
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Did Belief in Gods Lead to Mayan Demise?A fear of evil spirits may explain why some Mayan areas were less resilient to collapse.
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Collapse of Mayan Civilization Traced to Dry Spells
The finding may be a harbinger of future droughts.
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