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Diversity helped mammals survive asteroid that killed the dinosaurs
The conventional view of the age of the dinosaurs is that mammals lived in the shadows until the day the…
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Global Summit Tries to Slow Biodiversity Crisis as Species Wink Out around the World
Over the next 12 days, delegates from around the world will try to hammer out a Paris-style agreement to halt…
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Everything you need to know about the US megadrought
From individual water use to lessons from past civilisations, here’s what our Parched Earth series revealed about the impact of…
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Paleontologist accused of faking data in dino-killing asteroid paper
In June 2021, paleontologist Melanie During submitted a manuscript to Nature that she suspected might create a minor scientific sensation.…
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Interactive: Here are the politicians who received money from FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried
Sam Bankman-Fried opened up his wallet to Washington in a big way during the 2022 election cycle, donating about $40…
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How Water Made Fire in an Indonesian Volcano
The Indonesian island of Java’s tallest volcano, Semeru, sent an ash cloud nearly a mile into the air this week—the…
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Models predict massive wave of disease and death if China lifts ‘zero COVID’ policy
Surprised and stung by protests against draconian “zero-COVID” policies, Chinese authorities are gingerly moving to ease the burden of lockdowns,…
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Drawing links between nature and our health | Globalnews.ca
What’s in a garden? In the case of Nina-Marie Lister’s, a hive of biodiversity. Lister, a professor of urban and…
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Construction of World’s Largest Radio Observatory Is Finally Under Way
After 30 years of planning and negotiations, construction begins this week on the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), the world’s largest…
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Homo naledi may have used fire to cook and navigate 230,000 years ago
By Alison George Brett Eloff Photography Archaeological evidence suggests Homo naledi, a primitive human species with a chimpanzee-like skull, used…
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