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A new study theorizes that evolution ticks at different speeds, especially when a big group of organisms first appears.
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Levels of molybdenum in soil show that hydrogen sulfide gas wiped out nearly half of all marine life 530 million years ago.
These "total monsters of fishes" are extinct today, though new clues about their lives come from CT scans and their closest ...
Nuclear waste is largely misunderstood, thanks to the Cold War and war movies. However, even if nuclear energy is safer than ...
A study of fossil bones shows Tyrannosaurus rex kept growing until around age 40, challenging long-held ideas about dinosaur ...
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Cleaning up oilfield pollution in arid West Texas is costly and complicated. The bankruptcy process allows companies to move ...