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Yay for creative science!
These are not your average mermaids, however.
Archaeopteryx remains a key link in dinosaur-bird evolution, but maybe it wasn't all that unique.
Drama, suspense, plot twists -- science has it all!
It will be another 10,000 years before the Sahara ought to turn into a savannah.
Ca-ching!
Gone but not forgotten.
This can end up saving many lives.
It's like Disneyworld for paleontologists.
It's so sad though :(.
It was a fierce beast.
If this sounds a bit alarming... it should.
We mush talk about this.
However, it's not humans that brought its demise, but another familiar culprit.
This could change a paleontology book or two.
Seismic waves can either be body waves or surface waves -- but the full story is far more complex.
There's no reason to panic, researchers stress.
A meteorite might have slammed into the island as early as 12,000 years ago.
We might get more 'exotic' if we dial down on the 'extinction'.
A new study deepens the mystery of avian extinction following the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs.
Adelle is surely rolling somewhere around there.
Dinosaurs developed colored eggs for the first and only time in history, a new study suggests.
They did, however, have an excellent sense of smell.
This tiny bug tells a story much bigger than itself.
It's amazing how we can learn things about the very depths of our planet.
The Jurassic had flesh-eating fish... of course it did.
The debate is far from over, though.
This could, ultimately, help us look for extraterrestrial life in our solar system.
Well this sure ain't good news.
The chain of seamounts is brimming with underwater life.
An ice penitence in outer space.
Ceres just got a heck of a lot more interesting to researchers.
Bumpy start!
We're all Stonebenders in our kidneys!
What do you get when you cross a reptile and a mammal? We don't know, but it certainly evolved from a synapsid.
Previously, researchers were able to predict when and how strong an aftershock will be. The new findings complement the big picture.
A massive volcano in Siberia killed 90% of all life, and halogen chemicals spewed by it played a major role.
Life, uhm, finds a way.
A pole reversal could fry our electronics.
This could be big.
4 billion years -- how's that for old?
To the untrained eye, they look just like plants, static and seemingly inactive. But things are not always as they seem.
It's older than Earth itself!
The frayed head of the Indian plate keeps shaking up the whole area.
Geologists used climatic changes to define the new period -- but not everyone agrees.
There's more diamonds than you can imagine.
It's still pink, after all these years.
Scientists have managed to see the unseen.
Cables could do much more than offer you internet.
Shocking, really.