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Our universe is merging with 'baby universes', causing...
The universe is expanding faster and faster, but not all scientists agree that dark energy is the cause. Perhaps, instead, our universe...
Star-killing 'black hole wind' spotted in a distant galaxy...
For the first time, scientists discovered a powerful 'black hole wind' that blew through a nearby galaxy for hundreds of days, crushing...
Temperature inside Chicxulub crater after dinosaur-killing...
Researchers measured the temperature of the Chicxulub crater 66 million years ago, unlocking mysteries of the dinosaur-dooming mass...
'It haunts all our imaginations': Were Neanderthals really...
In this adapted extract from The Naked Neanderthal: A New Understanding of the Human Creature, Ludovic Slimak examines how we should...
'Simply did not work': Mating between Neanderthals and...
"When two populations are close to one another but they are very distinct — maybe they can have a different language and different...
'Unnerving' rise in fatal shark attacks recorded last year....
The number of unprovoked shark attacks spiked slightly last year, while the number of fatal bites doubled compared with the previous...
Polar bear sleeping on tiny iceberg drifting in Arctic...
An image captured off the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard shows a young polar bear drifting to sleep on a small iceberg after carving...
Jurassic 'mist wing' fossil discovered on Scottish island...
Surprise discovery of 168-million-year-old pterosaur in rocks on Isle of Skye will help scientists narrow down major events in the...
