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As a shark tooth and fossil hunting enthusiast, I often have people ask me why I find fossils so fascinating. To me, the answer is simple: I’m astounded by the fact that I can walk along the beach in ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising mechanism that may explain how Earth cooled dramatically after the age of dinosaurs.

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Despite the vast differences in human and bee brains, both of us can do mathematics. As we argue in a new paper published in ...

A UFO whistleblower claims aliens walk among us, are billions of years more advanced than humans and may have inspired famous ...