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Drowned Stone Age fisherman examined with forensic method that could rewrite prehistoryTiny marine algae lingered in the bones of a fisherman who lived 5,000 years ago, and they reveal that he drowned in salt water.
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Ukrainian scientists leave international climate report committee, amid safety fearsThe Russian invasion of Ukraine has led top Ukrainian scientists to withdraw from final approvals of a landmark climate report.
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The Sahara: Earth's largest hot desertReference The Sahara desert is the largest hot desert in the world, covering nearly all of northern Africa.
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'Frozen in place' fossils reveal dinosaur-killing asteroid struck in springAround 66 million years ago, springtime in the Northern Hemisphere brought disaster and mass death to Earth in the form of a giant asteroid impact that triggered a global extinction.
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Why do you usually eat the same thing for breakfast?Researchers found that people are more likely to seek variety for lunch and dinner, while eating the same thing for breakfast day after day.
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Underground Railroad secrets revealed with drones, lasers and radarArchaeologists and historians have uncovered new clues about the Underground Railroad and the people who risked their lives to escape enslavers in 19th-century America.
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A newborn died of Lassa fever in the UK, two other family members illThree cases of Lassa fever were recently confirmed in the U.K., for the first time since 2009. One of the patients — a newborn — has died.
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'Killer' Cretaceous croc devoured a dinosaur as its last mealThe ancient reptile fossilized with a full belly.
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5 million shipwrecked Legos still washing up 25 years after falling overboardA once-in-a-century wave that struck a cargo ship 25 years ago caused the worst toy-related environmental disaster of all time, known as the Great Lego Spill.
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Achoo! Respiratory illness gave young 'Dolly' the dinosaur flu-like symptomsHacking coughs, uncontrollable sneezing, high fevers and pounding headaches can make anyone miserable — even a dinosaur.
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300-year-old Arctic sponges feast on the corpses of their decaying, extinct neighborsBacteria help the sponges digest extinct creatures' remains.
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Could the moon ever be pushed from orbit, like in 'Moonfall'?What would it take to dislodge the moon from its orbit and send it on a collision course with Earth?
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Human spines on sticks found in 500-year-old graves in PeruReed-threaded vertebrae, some of which date to nearly 600 years ago, were found in tombs in coastal Peru. This unusual mortuary practice may have been a way to reassemble desecrated remains.
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'Wonderfully-shaped feces' found inside ancient fish skull. What left the pretty poops?About 9 million years ago, marine worms burrowed into a dead fish's head and left behind a skull full of fossilized poop.
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See first-ever photos of polar bears playing house in the Russian ArcticA wildlife photographer recently captured images of polar bears like you've never seen them before: living in abandoned buildings in the Russian Arctic.
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Vikings' 'blood eagle' torture was horrific — and may have actually happenedIt literally turned victims inside out.
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Webb Telescope is now orbiting 1 million miles from EarthAfter a month in space, the Webb Telescope — the most powerful space telescope ever launched — has reached its permanent cosmic address, 930,000 miles (1.5 million kilometers) from Earth.
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On the 'doorstep of doom': Doomsday Clock stands at 100 seconds to midnightThe hypothetical clock's hands mark our nearness to annihilation.
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Will the Doomsday Clock move forward or back? Watch live to find outThe Doomsday Clock debuted 75 years ago to highlight the threat of nuclear weapons to our survival as a species, a risk now accompanied by escalating climate change and global pandemics.
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Look up! A 'potentially hazardous' asteroid will safely zip by Earth on Jan. 18An enormous asteroid more massive than two Empire State Buildings will zoom harmlessly past Earth next week. Look up!
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Rare and fragile fossils found at a secret site in Australia's 'dead heart'A site in Australia that holds thousands of astonishingly well-preserved fossils has been kept a closely guarded secret among paleontologists for the past three years.
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Ancient dog-headed statue found during Roman road excavationDuring an archaeological inspection of a waterway project site in Rome, archaeologists found ancient funerary relics, including a terracotta statue with a dog's head.
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'Cosmic monster' star spits energy with the force of a billion sunsScientists just collected the first measurements of violent eruptions in extremely dense magnetic stars called magnetars.
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8 ominous climate milestones reached in 2021Signs of accelerating global warming abounded this year, but we could still prevent the worst-case scenarios — if we act soon.
