Even in a record-breaking hot year for Earth, October stood out as absurdly warm. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration…
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Experts meet to discuss Maya calendar, debunk end-of-world stories
MEXICO CITY – As the clock winds down to Dec. 21, experts on the Mayan calendar have been racing to…
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New fossil of early primate relative, shows our distant cousin was cute, tiny and quite hyper
WASHINGTON – New fossil evidence of the earliest complete skeleton of an ancient primate suggests it was a hyperactive, wide-eyed…
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Gem hunters have always been natural geologists, seeking the mother lode long before researchers explained how gems and minerals form.…
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Mind the Gap: New evidence for Alaskan tsunamis found
This century’s deadly tsunamis kicked off an intense search for buried clues to prehistoric killer waves along Alaska’s southern shores.…
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Doomsday clock set at 5 to midnight
The iconic Doomsday Clock remains poised at five minutes until midnight, the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of…
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