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Flowers Regenerated From 30,000-Year-Old Frozen Fruits
After more than 30,000 years, and some care from Russian scientists, some ancient fruits have produced a delicate white...
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How Earth’s Primordial Soup Came to Life
Just as species are thought to have evolved over time, the individual molecules that form the basis of life...
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The Origin of Photosynthesis Revealed
Atmospheric oxygen really took off on our planet about 2.4 billion years ago during the Great Oxygenation Event. At...
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How the First Plant Came to Be
Earth is the planet of the plants—and it all can be traced back to one green cell. The world’s...
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Prions Point to New Style of Evolution
The rogue proteins behind variant CJD, the human form of mad cow disease, have revealed their benign side. Prions,...
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Did Life’s First Cells Evolve in Geothermal Pools?
Earth started as a violent place, its surface churned by continuous volcanic eruptions and cloaked in an atmosphere that...
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Will This Be the Year Scientists Find the ‘God Particle’?
Scientists hunting the Higgs boson, the sub-atomic particle believed to have played a vital role in the creation of...
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What Makes a Planet Livable? Five Things Scientists Look For
Since 1995, astronomers have been hunting in earnest for possible havens for life outside the solar system. So far,...
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Why Are We Still Talking About Darwin?
If someone in 2012 wants to criticize Henry Ford because he didn’t know everything about automobiles a century ago,...
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Evolution Debates in Legislatures and on the Campaign Trail
In state legislatures and on the campaign trail, the debate over evolution is about more than science. Legislatures in...