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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Human knees kind of suck — here's why we haven't evolved better ones ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ It's more difficult than you think to evolve knees that work well for a lifetime. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Michael Berthaume ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8acK6jbcojppLp4Ltei4Ho-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Scientists are just starting to explore the evolution of the human knee more closely.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A black and white photo of an older man clutching his knee, with a red glow around his knee indicating pain]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ What are the systems of the body? Fast facts about the human body and how it works ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Learn all about the human body's many systems and some of its individual organs, both vital and vestigial. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rachael Rettner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HJe4pNiQNtQVMRN5oNikAn-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The systems of the body work in concert to keep our biological processes running smoothly.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[photo of a student holding a pen and notebook as she looks at a 3D model of the systems of the human body]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The Human Skeletal System ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Humans wouldn't get very far without bones — literally. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kim Ann Zimmermann ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mGfKXFfhxXuLuoCT8ZnuxZ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A 3D illustration of the human skeletal system.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A 3D illustration of the human skeletal system.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ This May Be the Face of a Pictish Chieftain Who Was Brutally Murdered 1,400 Years Ago ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A Pictish man with a rugged face who was brutally murdered 1,400 years ago may have been royalty, new research finds. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jul 2019 10:57:26 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 09 May 2022 10:40:21 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ lgeggel@livescience.com (Laura Geggel) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Laura Geggel ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZyYZjvAtaz4KGVrocHzUYZ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Was This Famous Revolutionary War Hero Intersex? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/65183-general-pulaski-female-skeleton.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Remains in General Pulaski's tomb tell an unexpected and intriguing tale. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mindy Weisberger ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eryuoFmX8jCVK2dwxRTCah-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ What Is the Toothiest Animal on Earth? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ How many teeth can one mouth hold? You may be surprised. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Emma Bryce ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uEfDY8Evs7oPKj4CxTrML5-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The exceptionally toothy umbrella slug.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[umbrella slug]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Why an Outlaw Was Stabbed to Death and Then Buried Face-Down in Medieval Sicily ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The killing was "effective and rapid" by someone who knows human anatomy "very well." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2019 14:11:48 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 06 Aug 2019 22:29:15 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ysaplakoglu@livescience.com (Yasemin Saplakoglu) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Yasemin Saplakoglu ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JmVJXZBKUcRas6iz4vAj38-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This medieval man&#039;s skeleton, bearing marks of stab wounds, was found facedown in a shallow pit in Sicily.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[This medieval man&#039;s skeleton, bearing marks of stab wounds, was found facedown in a shallow pit in Sicily.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Photos: 500-Year-Old Body of Man with Thigh-High Boots ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/64238-thames-body-wearing-boots-photos.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Archaeologists discovered the man's body in London's sewer system. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2018 16:18:12 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 07 Aug 2019 21:33:13 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Megan Gannon ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/x9b4YrbHeYwWFnLd4eqHKk-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The man&#039;s thigh-high leather boots survived some 500 years buried in the waterlogged soil.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[headland man in thigh high boots]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Pompeii Man Had a Really, Really Bad Day 2,000 Years Ago ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A decapitated skeleton is the latest find among the ruins of Pompeii ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2018 21:33:40 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 06 Aug 2019 22:43:25 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ysaplakoglu@livescience.com (Yasemin Saplakoglu) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Yasemin Saplakoglu ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nYVEjsfk4sN5tT5TLKu2JL-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Archaeologists just excavated the skeleton of a decapitated man who was thought to be fleeing the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D.]]></media:description>                                                    </media:content>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Archaeologists Just Discovered the Mangled Remains of a Slaughtered Barbarian Tribe in Denmark ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ 2,000 years ago, a ragtag group of Germanic tribesmen was slaughtered in battle. How they were buried has archaeologists turning their heads. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2018 18:30:53 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 06 Aug 2019 22:43:42 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Brandon Specktor ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DDY7kAGP8q8CkH9DCim98N-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[One of the nearly 400 slaughtered barbarians thought to be buried at Alken Enge in Denmark.]]></media:description>                                                    </media:content>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ How Did This Soldier 'Grow' an Ear on Her Forearm? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ When this soldier lost her left ear in a car crash, Army surgeons helped her grow a new one — on her forearm. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2018 19:20:47 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:54:19 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Brandon Specktor ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/P3PpLUpeV2WJPGyRHGFRoL-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[When a soldier lost her left ear in a car crash, Army surgeons helped her grow a new one — on her forearm.]]></media:credit>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Aw, Shucks: How Oysters Gave One Man a Rare Bacterial Infection ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A rare oyster-shucking hazard. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2018 10:44:19 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:54:18 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Cari Nierenberg ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/X2ep9KhaGuarjRaoHaMUt9-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Knife-Armed Man Leaves World's Coolest Skeleton ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Losing a hand should have killed him. Instead, it made him an even bigger badass. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2018 21:13:36 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:45:02 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Brandon Specktor ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fzrfKFreurwrWoMktCLuS5-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This skeleton discovered in Italy wears an unusual prosthetic hand: a long metal knife, lashed to his forearm with leather.]]></media:description>                                                    </media:content>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ This Medieval Mother Had a Gruesome 'Coffin Birth' After Medieval Brain Surgery ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A chilling skeleton in Italy shows a mother who gave birth after she and her baby were already dead. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2018 22:00:57 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:45:34 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Brandon Specktor ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CFhr2ES7MpQ76VWGid3ceF-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A mysterious, medieval skeleton discovered in Italy shows signs of a &quot;coffin birth&quot; and primitive brain surgery. ]]></media:description>                                                    </media:content>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ No, It's Not an Alien — Here's What That Tiny, Pointy-Headed Skeleton Really Is ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists have decoded a genetic explanation for an "alien" skeleton. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2018 17:02:24 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:44:31 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mindy Weisberger ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gwghNQ7BWdXmNghTRUVGZG-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Bhattacharya S et al. 2018]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A mummified specimen from Chile&#039;s Atacama region fueled speculation for a decade about its peculiar skull.]]></media:description>                                                    </media:content>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Here's Why a Man's Arm Looks Like Popeye's ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ He might not be a sailor or have a girlfriend named Olive Oyl, but a man in Japan did share something in common with the cartoon character named Popeye — a bulging biceps in his left upper arm, a new report of the man's case reveals. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2017 22:01:28 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Sun, 18 Jan 2026 12:14:45 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Cari Nierenberg ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Xn5FSuCqwG9fCzcN3JjGB9-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[The New England Journal of Medicine ©2017.  ]]></media:credit>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Can You Turn Fat into Muscle? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/60904-can-you-turn-fat-into-muscle.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Simply put, your body can't turn fat into muscle. And the reverse is also true: Your body can't turn muscle into fat, either. Here's why. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Nov 2017 13:27:36 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:38:57 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ashley P. Taylor ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gzjYbu4gJw3am6tjYTcHtC-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Woman and man weight lifting]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Woman and man weight lifting]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Ancient Marsupial Relative Was Tree-Climbing Oddball ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/60479-ancient-marsupial-found-in-turkey.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ More than 40 million years ago, on a small island that has since coalesced with other islands to become modern-day Turkey, an odd beast the size of a domestic cat lived in the trees: a bone-crushing marsupial relative. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 21 Sep 2017 18:22:52 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:06:54 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sarah B. Puschmann ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/C77qPjKETkbaVsrUzwnLYH-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Peter Schouten]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This ancient marsupial relative may not have actually been able to outcompete placental carnivores but rather developed in their absence.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[This ancient marsupial relative may not have actually been able to outcompete placental carnivores but rather developed in their absence.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Looted Skeleton Could Be Among the Oldest in the Americas ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/60297-looted-skeleton-oldest-in-americas.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ By analyzing what's left of an ice age grave site, researchers determined that a human skeleton could be up to 13,000 years old, making it "one of the oldest human skeletons from America." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 01 Sep 2017 12:05:11 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:44:18 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Megan Gannon ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LtGRpbRYKHWhvWJkp4SM34-1280-80.jpeg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Tom Poole/Liquid Junge Lab]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A prehistoric human skeleton in the Chan Hol Cave near Tulúm on Mexico&#039;s Yucatán peninsula.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A prehistoric human skeleton in the Chan Hol Cave near Tulúm on Mexico&#039;s Yucatán peninsula.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Brutally Murdered Pictish Man's Face Gets Digitally Recreated ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/57974-pictish-man-face-recreated.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The face of a 1,400-year-old murder victim is seeing the light of day, now that scientists have digitally reconstructed his features. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2017 18:13:19 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:44:13 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ lgeggel@livescience.com (Laura Geggel) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Laura Geggel ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZyYZjvAtaz4KGVrocHzUYZ-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Christopher Rynn/University of Dundee]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The digitally recreated face of the Pictish man.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Pictish man]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Bipedal Human Ancestor 'Lucy' Was a Tree Climber, Too ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ CT scans of "Lucy," a human ancestor that lived 3 million years ago, reveal evidence in the structure of her bones that suggests she climbed trees as well as a walked on the ground. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2016 17:08:19 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:45:06 +0000</updated>
                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[Evolution]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mindy Weisberger ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/u8by9oaPXpfVqfKZYYprp9-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[John Kappelman, the University of Texas at Austin]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[L-U-C-Y, sitting in a tree.]]></media:description>                                                    </media:content>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Mystery Over Face-Down Skeleton Partly Solved ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/56294-mystery-over-face-down-skeleton-partly-solved.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ X-ray analysis reveals the 17-century man carried a satchel full of coins. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2016 16:42:51 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:01:53 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rossella Lorenzi ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UtzWQja9PACyhRkEZ9Vqj5-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Archäologischer Dienst des Kantons Bern]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The skeleton of a 17th-century man who was buried face-down.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Face-Down Skeleton]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Ancient Skeleton Found on Famed Antikythera Shipwreck ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/56163-skeleton-found-on-antikythera-shipwreck.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A well-preserved 2,000-year-old skeleton could provide the first DNA evidence recovered from an ancient shipwreck. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2016 13:50:41 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:45:09 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mindy Weisberger ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pqG9PR7CGZmB596aDdoncf-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Brett Seymour, EUA/WHOI/ARGO]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Excavations in 2016 at the Antikythera shipwreck found a nearly intact skull, including the cranial parietal bones.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Excavations in 2016 at the Antikythera shipwreck found a nearly intact skull, including the cranial parietal bones.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Forget Loch Ness — Storr Lochs Monster Ruled Ancient Scotland ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/56002-ancient-sea-monster-jurassic-era-scotland.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Storr Lochs Monster was a 13-foot-long reptile that ruled the seas 170 million years ago. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2016 18:01:52 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:34:12 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kacey Deamer ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/k2ZPbKEm9zXTjpMiPgjFcF-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Todd Marshall]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Artist&#039;s rendering of Storr Lochs Monster. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[storr lochs monster]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Ouch! Duck-Billed Dinosaur Had Arthritis in Its Elbow ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Arthritis is far from just a modern malady, said scientists who discovered the condition in the elbow of a 70-million-year-old duck-billed dinosaur. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2016 15:38:44 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:30:13 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ lgeggel@livescience.com (Laura Geggel) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Laura Geggel ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TwvbSB5RbQ4KYj2SDFZPzW-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Anné, J. et al. ]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A duck billed dinosaur specimen discovered in New Jersey had septic arthritis in its elbow.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[duck billed dinosaur with arthritis]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Stem Cells Could Replace Hip Replacements ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/55444-stem-cells-could-replace-hip-replacements.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers have figured out how to get stem cells to grow on a scaffold shaped like the ball of a hip joint and regenerate a cushion of cartilage. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2016 21:26:25 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:30:36 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Christopher Wanjek ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FJvRwcpPPV2RBTrWYuC8DG-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[A diagram of the human hip joint]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A diagram of the human hip joint]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Ancient American: Kennewick Man's Tribal Links Confirmed ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/54617-kennewick-man-tribal-links-confirmed.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The origins of a man who lived some 8,500 years ago, and whose skeleton was discovered in 1996 in Kennewick, Washington, have finally been pinned down. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2016 11:26:14 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:43:37 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kacey Deamer ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9FLGimDW9qwynmPpzG3esh-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Sculpted bust of Kennewick Man by StudioEIS based on forensic facial reconstruction by sculptor Amanda Danning. Photo by Brittney Tatchell, Smithsonian Institution]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A clay facial reconstruction of Kennewick Man was carefully sculpted around the morphological features of his skull.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A clay facial reconstruction of Kennewick Man was carefully sculpted around the morphological features of his skull.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Mystery of Mummified Lung Solved ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ New analysis reveals that a copper belt might have contributed to the mummification of a lung belonging to Merovingian royalty. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rossella Lorenzi ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WaPR55Y5XVohymZNfyzVET-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Photos: Ancient Tully Monster's Identity Revealed ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Since their discovery in 1958, fossils of the so-called Tully monster have mystified scientists. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2016 19:39:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:36:58 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ lgeggel@livescience.com (Laura Geggel) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Laura Geggel ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3AAZJsLMNt6zN6rcaV5iUL-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Tully monster likely used its tail to propel it forward in the water.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Tully monster]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Monster Mystery: Scientists Solve Decades-Long Puzzle of Alienlike Creature ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Since Francis Tully's fossil discovery in the coalfields of Illinois, the so-called "Tully monster" has perplexed scientists, with some calling it a worm and others a shell-less snail. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2016 18:54:58 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:45:50 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Laura Geggel ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3AAZJsLMNt6zN6rcaV5iUL-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Tully monster likely used its tail to propel it forward in the water.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Tully monster]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Weird Boneless Animal Rips Itself New Mouth at Every Meal ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/53980-terrifying-mouth-of-a-hydra.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ When it comes to genuinely cringe-inducing feeding adaptations, you'd be hard-pressed to find an example more hard-core than the hydra, which rips itself a new mouth at every feeding time. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2016 18:31:14 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 06 Aug 2019 15:20:05 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mindy Weisberger ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5sJU7sui8o7KgjJJs4W798-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Callen Hyland]]></media:credit>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Philip Who? A Gallery of Mystery Bones ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/51443-philip-bones-controversy-photos.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ An intractable debate in archaeology centers on whether burned bones in an ancient Macedonian tomb belong to Alexander the Great's illustrious father or his mentally disabled half-brother. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2015 19:03:54 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:54:53 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stephanie Pappas ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NwXDCDiaLh5YCwTfTKxKLb-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A view of the male skeleton from the Vergina tomb. Over the years, much of the debate about the bones&#039; identity has focused on whether they were cremated dry or with flesh still clinging to them. Philip III Arridaios was ordered executed by one of his father&#039;s wives, Olympias, in the succession wars that followed Alexander the Great&#039;s death. (Olympias was Alexander the Great&#039;s mother.) Eurydice was forced to commit suicide. According to ancient histories, the couple was then buried unceremoniously, only to be exhumed months, or perhaps more than a year, later for a royal burial to shore up legitimacy for the next king. At this royal burial, the bodies would have been cremated. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Vergina tomb II male remains]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Man Tears Tendon After Playing 'Candy Crush' for Weeks ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A California man tore a tendon in his thumb after playing a puzzle game on his smartphone too much, according to a new report of the case. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2015 19:25:20 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:32:01 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rachael Rettner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/75h9gk6exyVJ8ZkvP5tu9P-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Towering 'Terror Bird' Stalked Prey by Listening for Footsteps ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers have found a nearly complete skeleton of a new species of terror bird, prehistoric carnivorous birds with hooked beaks standing 10 feet (3 meters) tall, and are learning surprising details about the animal's hearing and anatomy. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2015 20:01:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:29:50 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ lgeggel@livescience.com (Laura Geggel) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Laura Geggel ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XJLuwmEsyYNwJoiM3pRPVH-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[M. Taglioretti and F. Scaglia]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The skeleton of the new species of terror bird (&lt;i&gt;Llallawavis scagliai&lt;/i&gt;). ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Terror bird fossil]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Bone Density Drop in Modern Humans Linked to Less Physical Activity ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The relatively lightly built skeletons of modern humans developed late in evolutionary history, and may have been the result of a shift away from a nomadic lifestyle to a more settled one, according to a new study. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2014 12:58:40 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:17:45 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Charles Q. Choi ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KnTR2RWdNdqQXpgnc9kxi3-1280-80.jpeg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A new study finds that bone joint density remained high throughout human evolution spanning millions of years, until it decreased significantly in recent modern humans, probably as a result of an increasingly sedentary lifestyle. From left to right: modern chimpanzee, Australopithecus, Neanderthal, and modern human.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Human Bone Evolution]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Skeleton of Possible 'Witch Girl' Found ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/48172-skeleton-of-possible-witch-girl-found.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The skeleton of a girl buried face down, meant as a punishment in the afterlife, is found by archaeologists in Italy. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2014 23:27:25 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 12 Aug 2025 11:08:19 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rossella Lorenzi ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xTpGZK5StwZCRx84RBmvzM-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Stefano Roascio]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Witch girl skeleton, archaeology]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Witch girl skeleton, archaeology]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Dreadnoughtus Dinosaur Weighed Whopping 65 Tons, Feared Nothing ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/47677-largest-dinosaur-skeleton-unearthed.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A gargantuan, long-necked dinosaur as big as a two-story house and weighing as much as 12 elephants once stalked a flower-dotted earth some 77 million years ago in what is now Argentina. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2014 13:20:33 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:58:19 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ lgeggel@livescience.com (Laura Geggel) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Laura Geggel ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/q5J29UDkSh7BTQX9yERYVY-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Jennifer Hall]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s representation of Dreadnoughtus schrani, a dinosaur researchers discovered in Patagonia in 2005.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Dino Drawing]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Images: Uncovering the Colossal Dreadnoughtus Dinosaur ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/47676-largest-dinosaur-dreadnoughtus-photos.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A newly discovered species of super massive dinosaur lived in present-day Argentina about 77 million years ago. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2014 13:19:24 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:38:48 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ lgeggel@livescience.com (Laura Geggel) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Laura Geggel ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/F8JitbLGB33ABVr5FaoTsR-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Mark A. Klingler | Carnegie Museum of Natural History]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustrator&#039;s rendering of two Dreadnoughtus schrani next to a small meat-eating dinosaur. With a 37-foot-long neck and a 30-foot tail, the dinosaur likely had to eat massive amounts of plants to fuel its body.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[two dinosaurs]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The Odd Way Tuberculosis Was Brought to America ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ When European explorers landed in the Americas, they brought tuberculosis (TB) and a wave of other deadly diseases with them. However, some strains of TB may have already been lurking in South America, a new study finds. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2014 18:57:47 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:39:36 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ lgeggel@livescience.com (Laura Geggel) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Laura Geggel ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/oKnEmhxfJ54g5hkgS4evNc-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Ricardo Bastida]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Ancient human skeletons from Peru show evidence of tuberculosis strains that are similar to strains found in seals, such as this South American fur seal.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[South American Fur Seal]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ New Biomaterial Mimics Functionality of Natural Cartilage ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Two teams, working years apart, merged their creations to develop a framework used to grow replacement cartilage — a 3-D fabric scaffold, integrated with a pliable hydrogel and then infiltrated with stem cells. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2014 18:14:35 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:18:58 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Samantha Futrell ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zkbE5iC2p2YAvpuA8PrL77-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[This image appears on the cover of the Dec. 17, 2013, issue of Advanced Functional Materials. Photo courtesy of Frank Moutos and Farshid Guilak. ]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[These tiny interwoven fibers make up a 3-D fabric scaffold that provides stability for a lubricating hydrogel and a framework for growing artificial cartilage.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Framework for artificial cartilage ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Medieval Italian Skeleton's Surprising Diagnosis: Livestock Disease ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ An Italian skeleton from the middle ages gets a diagnosis 700 years too late: The man had brucellosis, a livestock-transmitted disease that causes pain and reoccurring fevers, and, occasionally, death. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stephanie Pappas ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4wVMqUN4EKtGARD6fD288R-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Bony nodules scattered in the pelvis of a medieval Italian man are symptoms of the livestock-transmitted disease brucellosis. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A skeleton shows signs of brucellosis.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Muscle Tissue Could Make Robots More Lifelike ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/46601-3d-printed-robot-muscle-tissue.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A 3D-printed "bio-bot" powered by skeletal muscle tissue could give robots more precise control over its movements. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2014 19:43:56 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:06:26 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jillian Rose Lim ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/C64Ydg8yG25r7pXvQzgoyV-1280-80.jpeg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Muscle tissue could give robots more dynamic movement.]]></media:description>                                                    </media:content>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Underwater Cave Full of Ancient Bones to Be Mapped in 3D ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A 3D modeling technique allows researchers to stay dry while studying skeletons found in a deep underwater cave on the Yucatan Peninsula. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2014 13:55:49 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:37:52 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kelly Dickerson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cBykkufSiFFDotfc2wDJ4A-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Diver Susan Bird working at the bottom of Hoyo Negro, a large dome-shaped underwater cave on Mexico&#039;s Yucatan Peninsula. She carefully brushes the human skull found at the site while her team members take detailed photographs.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Diver Susan Bird working at the bottom of Hoyo Negro, a large dome-shaped underwater cave on Mexico&#039;s Yucatan Peninsula.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Missing Link' Skeleton May Solve Mystery of First Americans ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The ancient skeleton of a teenage girl found in an underwater cave in Mexico may be the missing link that solves the long-standing mystery behind the identity of the first Americans, researchers say. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2014 18:10:15 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 20:11:01 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Charles Q. Choi ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cBykkufSiFFDotfc2wDJ4A-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Diver Susan Bird working at the bottom of Hoyo Negro, a large dome-shaped underwater cave on Mexico&#039;s Yucatan Peninsula. She carefully brushes the human skull found at the site while her team members take detailed photographs.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Diver Susan Bird working at the bottom of Hoyo Negro, a large dome-shaped underwater cave on Mexico&#039;s Yucatan Peninsula.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ In Photos: Human Skeleton Sheds Light on First Americans ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/45626-ancient-human-skeleton-photos.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A near-complete human skeleton in a watery cave in Mexico is helping scientists answer the question, "Who were the first Americans?" ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2014 18:00:17 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 07 Aug 2019 21:45:15 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Live Science Staff ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/c2ypgHmCvpPvBLBnZKyFm6-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A near-complete human skeleton has been discovered, buried alongside saber-toothed cats, pumas and bobcats, at the bottom of Hoyo Negro, deep beneath the jungles of the eastern Yucatan Peninsula. Here, divers Nava and Susan Bird transport the Hoyo Negro skull to an underwater turntable so that it can be photographed in order to create a 3D model.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[divers examine human skeleton found in underwater cave]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Bacteria Could Grow Futuristic 'Self-Healing' Materials ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Living materials produced by bacteria could lead to interactive structures programmed to self-assemble into specific patterns, such as those used on solar cells and diagnostic sensors, and even self-healing materials that could sense damage and repair it. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2014 14:46:36 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:27:34 +0000</updated>
                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[Bacterial &amp; Fungal Infections]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Katia Moskvitch ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/c6otZbaHBv6AGGykqp6YeP-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Yan Liang]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Researchers have produced &quot;living&quot; materials by nudging E. coli bacteria (oblong object) to grow biological films that contain a special type of protein called curli fibers (blue lines). The team also modified these proteins to make inorganic materials, such as gold nanoparticles (gold) and quantum dots (green and red dots), to grow on the biofilms.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[bacteria grow living materials]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 11 Surprising Facts About the Skeletal System ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ 11 Surprising Facts About the Skeletal System ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2014 16:44:10 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:52:57 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joseph Castro ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fKmc8pN5a8nvnpDTsB92Y4-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The human skeleton has 206 bones.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[human skeleton]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Images: Ancient Egyptian Kittens ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/44107-images-ancient-egyptian-kittens.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new discovery of six cat skeletons at an elite ancient Egyptian cemetery may hint at an earlier-than-expected domestication of cats in Egypt. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2014 11:48:27 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:54:17 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stephanie Pappas ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mwPt24VPEvhTkrUfKYDXBL-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[© Hierakonpolis Expedition]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Bioarchaeologist Wim Van Neer excavates a small pit containing 6 cat skeletons at Hierakonpolis.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[excavating cat skeletons]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ How Bones Can Reveal Child Abuse ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Child abuse can be difficult to spot, and some experts think it is more common than statistics indicate. Now anthropologists say looking at the bones could reveal such hidden abuse before it's too late. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 19 Feb 2014 13:20:14 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 20:15:57 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Wynne Parry ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hHRnPBrg24aRie2VZkTxkY-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Child abuse can be difficult to spot, and some experts think it is more common than statistics indicate.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[lonely boy with head in lap.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Can 'Skull Theory' Reveal Sex of an Unborn Baby? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Moms-to-be who can't wait to find out if they're carrying a boy or a girl may be tempted to use 'Skull Theory,' but this method of looking at the shape of the baby's skull on ultrasound doesn't have any science behind it. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stephanie Pappas ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CWaLb9pP3gqevr6wnwCtnh-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Skull theory, a method of guessing at an unborn infant&#039;s sex by looking at the shape of its head on ultrasound, is popular online, but not scientifically valid.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[four month fetal ultrasound]]></media:text>
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