Robin Wordsworth re-creates the atmosphere of ancient Mars
Visitors to the village of Drumnadrochit, on the western shore of Scotland’s murky Loch Ness, come to see the nearby ruins of Urquhart Castle or to chance a glimpse of…
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Ancient fish highlight the strangeness of our vertebrate ancestors
My, what small teeth they had. A newfound treasure trove of ancient fish fossils unearthed in southern China is opening a window into the earliest history of jawed vertebrates —…
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The Fatal Error of an Ancient, HIV-Like Virus
Many, many millions of years ago, an HIV-like virus wriggled its way into the genome of a floofy, bulgy-eyed lemur, and got permanently stuck. Trapped in a cage of primate…
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Ancient ‘demon ducks’ may have been undone by their slow growth
Giant flightless birds called mihirungs were the biggest birds to ever stride across what is now Australia. The animals, which weighed up to hundreds of kilograms, died out about 40,000…
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Nasa shares stunning images of Mars including closeup of ‘ancient Martian pond’
STUNNING photos of Mars were shared by Nasa including a close of an ancient pond. Nasa’s Curiosity Mars rover has traversed through the red planet for years, taking mind-boggling photos.…
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Ancient Egyptian shrine and hidden treasures unearthed in lost ‘City of the Sun’
ARCHAEOLOGISTS have unearthed an ancient Egyptian shrine and hidden treasures while researching the lost “City of the Sun” – one of the oldest cities in Egypt. The international team learned…
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Ancient bacterial DNA hints Europe’s Black Death started in Asia
Although best known as a plague that killed millions of Europeans from 1346 to 1353, the Black Death originated about a decade earlier in Central Asia, a new study suggests.…
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Ancient penguin bones reveal unprecedented shrinkage in key Antarctic glaciers
Antarctica’s Pine Island and Thwaites glaciers are losing ice more quickly than they have at any time in the last few thousand years, ancient penguin bones and limpet shells suggest.…
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Scientists create ‘time machine’ simulation to watch how ‘ancient galaxy cities’ formed
ASTROPHYSICISTS have created a “time machine” simulation that allows them to watch distant “galaxy cities” forming. The simulations can recreate the life cycle of galaxies observed in the distant universe…
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Ancient zircons offer insights into earthquakes of the past
Earthquakes have rocked the planet for eons. Studying the quakes of old could help scientists better understand modern tremors, but tools to do such work are scarce. Enter zircons. Researchers…
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