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Pando: The world's largest tree and heaviest living organism
Pando is a giant aspen clone in central Utah that has been regrowing parts of itself for up to 80,000 years — but new threats mean...
Cretaceous 'Pompeii' of China isn't what we thought
Incredibly well preserved dinosaurs at China fossil site were thought to have been buried in huge volcanic eruptions, similar to the...
Charles Darwin quiz: Test your knowledge on the 'father...
Charles Darwin is famous for proposing the theory of evolution by natural selection, but how much more do you know about the British...
Humans' big brains may not be the reason for difficult...
Complicated births may not have arisen in humans as a trade-off between our need for big brains and pelvises suitable for upright...
'Purple tunic' from royal tomb belonged to Alexander the...
A fragment of cloth found in a royal tomb in Greece decades ago might be the remains of a tunic once worn by Alexander the Great,...
What were Carl Sagan's contributions to science? Remembering...
On what would've been the astronomer's 90th trip around the sun, here's a look at his legacy as a scientist, advocate and communicator.
Hubble watches neutron stars collide and explode to create...
Astronomers have used a range of telescopes, including Hubble, to watch as particles dance around a neutron star collision that created...
King cobra mystery that's puzzled scientists for 188 years...
Scientists identified four new species of king cobra from 154 museum specimens.