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A surprising new theory may explain how life began on Earth

Tiny “Microlightning” May Have Sparked Life on Earth—And Could Do It Elsewhere New Research Reveals How Water Droplets Could Have Created Life’s First Molecules By Chris Simms A groundbreaking study.

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Budgies have brain maps for vocal sounds similar to those found in humans

Budgie Brains Reveal Stunning “Vocal Keyboard” – A First in Bird Neuroscience Groundbreaking Study Shows Parrot Brains Organize Sounds Like Humans Do By Michael Marshall In a discovery that bridges.

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Dinosaur with two fingers may have used its huge claws to feed on foliage

Two-Fingered Duonychus Boasted Largest Preserved Dinosaur Claw—Used for Grazing, Not Slashing By James Woodford A newly identified dinosaur species from Mongolia has stunned paleontologists with its massive, perfectly preserved claws—the largest ever found.

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Sharks found to make sounds after all

Scientists Discover First Known Shark That “Talks” New Zealand Houndsharks Defy Expectations by Producing Clicking Sounds By Jake Buehler In a discovery that overturns decades of marine biology dogma, researchers.

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Prehistoric wasp may have used its abdomen to ensnare flies

Ancient “Venus Flytrap” Wasps Discovered in 99-Million-Year-Old Amber Fossilized Parasites Reveal Bizarre Trap-Jaw Hunting Strategy Never Seen Before By Chris Simms Paleontologists have uncovered an extraordinary extinct wasp species preserved in Burmese.

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New fossil evidence suggests dinosaurs were flourishing before the asteroid impact

Were Dinosaurs Doomed Before the Asteroid? New Study Challenges Decline Theory Fossil Record Bias May Skew Our View of Dinosaur Extinction By Sofia Quaglia The long-standing debate over whether dinosaurs.

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Grafting plant skins may lead to the creation of novel vegetable varieties

KeyGene Develops World’s First Stable “Graft Chimeras” for Hardier, Pest-Resistant Crops By Michael Le Page A Dutch biotechnology company has cracked the code on creating stable “graft chimeras”—plants with the skin.

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Bonobos display syntax-like communication once believed to be uniquely human

Bonobos Reveal Ancient Roots of Human Language: New Study Uncovers Complex Vocal Syntax Groundbreaking Research Shows Our Closest Relatives Use “Sentence-Like” Call Combinations By Sophie Berdugo A revolutionary study of.

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DNA links ‘Well Man’ remains to a figure from an 800-year-old Norwegian saga

Centuries-Old Skeleton Matches Harrowing Account of Medieval Biological Warfare By James Woodford For over 800 years, the Sverris saga—a gripping Old Norse chronicle of King Sverre Sigurdsson’s turbulent reign—contained a chilling.

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Clay seals from ancient Mesopotamia shed light on the early development of writing

The Forgotten Origins of Writing: How Mesopotamian Seals Paved the Way for Cuneiform New Research Reveals Cylinder Seals as Precursors to the World’s First Writing System By Michael Marshall Long.

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