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The tracks show that two types of ankylosauruses co-existed at a time and place where they were once thought to be extinct.

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Discover how today’s cats might trace their roots back to cult rituals in ancient Egypt.

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Learn about a new phylum of microbes that lives in deep soil, a layer of the Earth that supports water cycling and nutrient ...

Learn how through a process known as molecular hydrogen cooling, stars may be able to form in dark matter halos under 10 ...

Machines have never been able to pass as humans in Turing's famous test of intelligence. That has finally changed.

Learn more about an algae bloom that’s causing sea lions to act erratically, leading to a few cases of aggression.

Learn why a black hole is becoming active and why experts still can't explain the source of its regular, periodic pattern of ...

Genetic analysis of the giant woolly mammoth reveals a surprising amount of genetic diversity over a million years.