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Archaeopteryx lived about 150 million years ago during the Jurassic Period. Although the first Archaeopteryx fossil was discovered more than 160 years ago and the prehistoric bird has been well studied, an excellent specimen has yielded new…

Mars once had vast oceans on its surface – then its magnetic field weakened, its atmosphere thinned, and its water vanished. But the numbers don’t add up: for the Red Planet to have transformed from a watery world into the red dust bowl we…

A Brazilian scientist has been honoured with this year’s prestigious World Food Prize after…

Futter’s provider, Henry Meds, no longer offers compounded tirzepatide injections, but allowed patients to place bulk orders before phasing it out. He went ahead and ordered several months’ worth of vials but doesn’t know what he’s going…

Chimpanzees in Uganda have been observed using plants to treat open wounds and…

Flamingos are often seen as peaceful waders, standing gracefully in shallow lakes with their heads dipped underwater. But beneath that calm surface, they’re executing a surprisingly sophisticated and active hunting…

The end of the universe has always felt like a distant abstraction. But new calculations suggest that our original timeline might have been wildly optimistic. According to a team of Dutch scientists, the universe is dying much faster…

Earth has been home to life for billions of years, but could the planet itself be considered a living thing? Most people simply think of Earth as a giant rock — one with the perfect conditions to nurture life as we know it today, from animals…

Using advanced medical algorithms, researchers have identified six breast texture patterns that may indicate a high risk for breast cancer. 

In a new study, one of the largest of its kind, published in the journal Radiology, a research team…

In 2022, archeologists unearthed what appeared to be the oldest intact reed boat. It was found buried in a sediment-filled former channel of the Euphrates River, near the ancient city of Uruk, in the Mesopotamian floodplain of what is now Iraq.

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