New Research Sheds Light on Emergence and Demise of Giant Sloths
The largest sloths -- members of the genus Megatherium -- were about the size of Asian bull elephants and weighed
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Asian Elephants Have Larger Brains than Their Relatives from Africa, New Research Shows
Elephants are fascinating animals, but despite such fascination, our knowledge of the elephant brain is limited, and neuroanatomical differences between
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Webb Detects Crystalline Water Ice in Debris Disk around Young, Sun-Like Star
Using data from the Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) onboard the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have detected crystalline water ice
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Ancient Relatives of Salmon and Pike Lived in Alaska’s Fresh Waters 73 Million Years Ago
Paleontologists have found the fossils of three new fish species -- including the earliest known salmonid fish, Sivulliusalmo alaskensis --
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African Superb Starlings Can Form Friendship-Like Bonds, Study Shows
Superb starlings (Lamprotornis superbus) demonstrate ‘reciprocity,’ helping each other with the expectation that the favor will eventually be returned, according
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Rise of the King: New Research Unlocks Mystery Origin of Tyrannosaurus rex
The genus Tyrannosaurus most likely arose in North America, although its direct ancestors migrated over from Asia more than 70
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Vast Areas of Chornobyl-Affected Farmland in Ukraine Can Now Be Safely Farmed, Scientists Claim
A team of researchers from the United Kingdom and Ukraine has developed a new method for the safe reassessment of
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Physicists Develop Novel Quantum Theory of Gravity
The new theory, developed by physicists at Aalto University, describes gravity in a way that’s compatible with the Standard Model
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Study: Several Groups of Pterosaurs Became More Terrestrial 160 Million Years Ago
Pterosaurs are often imagined soaring over the heads of dinosaurs, but a new analysis of their fossilized footprints shows that
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Seven-Year Experiment Uncovers New Insights into Nature of Consciousness
A multinational team of neuroscientists has tested two competing theories of consciousness: the integrated information theory (IIT) and the global
