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Comet impact may have triggered decline of Ohio's Hopewell...
Comet fragments may have exploded over Ohio 1,600 years ago, triggering a violent airburst and starting wildfires that devastated...
240 million-year-old 'crocodile beast' was one of the largest...
A newly described archosaur that lived 240 million years ago in what is now Tanzania had "'powerful jaws and large knife-like teeth."
Dozens of decapitated skeletons uncovered at ancient Roman...
Archaeologists working for the HS2 railway project in the U.K. have discovered a Roman town with an unusually high number of decapitated...
Fight or flight: The sympathetic nervous system
The sympathetic nervous system activates the "fight-or-flight" response, quickly readying the body to handle dangerous or stressful...
Ancient trees form bloodlines that bolster forests for...
Ancient trees, some close to 1,000 years old, may have a big impact on the forests where they grow.
How COVID-19 sent energy prices soaring in the UK
The COVID-19 pandemic is one of the primary reasons for the recent upward trajectory of gas prices. Here's how.
3 paralyzed men can walk again after getting electrode...
The device will now be tested in a large-scale trial.
300-year-old Arctic sponges feast on the corpses of their...
Sponges that are hundreds of years old live and thrive atop layers of dead animals in the Arctic Ocean. They survive in the low-nutrient...