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Erratic Environment May Be Key to Human Evolution
At Olduvai Gorge in northern Tanzania, where excavations helped to confirm Africa was the cradle of humanity, scientists now...
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How Life Emerged From Deep-Sea Rocks
Rocks, water and hot alkaline fluid rich in hydrogen gas spewing out of deep-sea vents: this recipe for life...
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Researchers Unlock Ancient Secret of Chinese Medicine
For over a millennium the Chinese have used an herb known as Chang Shan to treat fevers associated with...
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Mars Rover Opportunity Finds ‘Rich’ Clay Deposits
NASA’s long-lived Mars rover Opportunity that beat newcomer sister probe Curiosity to an area containing water-formed clay minerals, has...
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Meteor Offers Insight Into Solar System
An exploding meteor that blasted its fragments across California’s Gold Country in April has revealed rare evidence of its...
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Gigantic Black Holes Just Got Even Bigger
A number of the largest black holes in the universe may be even bigger than previously thought, researchers say....
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New Map Updates Our Fundamental Understanding of Life on Earth
A new map that divides the world’s vertebrates into 11 biogeographic realms is the biggest update to a 19th century version, and...
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New Maps to Rein in Cosmic Inflation
We’re about to get a better grasp of one of the biggest ideas in the universe: inflation. The first...
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Tool-Using Orangutans Learn Like Humans
Even when they are very young, orangutans may start to form ideas about their world — specifically, how and...
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Another Earth Just 12 Light-Years Away?
Astronomers have discovered what may be five planets orbiting Tau Ceti, the closest single star beyond our solar system...