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A treasure trove of Cambrian fossils has been discovered in southern China, providing a window on marine life shortly after ...

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Using a superconducting quantum computer, physicists created a large and complex version of an odd quantum material that has ...

Susan Wise Bauer's The Great Shadow investigates the effects of illness on individual lives and collective beliefs. It's a ...

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Clumps of cells known as organoids are helping us to understand the brain, and the latest version comes equipped with ...

Thousands of years before the invention of compasses or sails, prehistoric peoples crossed oceans to reach remote lands like ...

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Perhaps surprisingly, the salt concentration of the oceans has been fairly constant over at least the past 500 million years ...

When birds sit quietly on a branch for long periods during winter, they are not usually sleeping but conserving energy, ...