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The sponge-like organisms date back to about 760 million years ago, extending the known time span of animals by 17 percent
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Attendees will have the opportunity to grind and sample their own chocolate beverages and learn about history and science behind the "food of the gods."
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The abandoned boulevards and blocks of condemned buildings look like a scene from an unhappy future
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Of all the dinosaur mysteries, how dinosaurs like the 23-ton Apatosaurus mated is one of the most perplexing
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Sure, they're big and they're flat. But TVs still aren't that bright. This, however, could be the year they start acting more like smart phones
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A 1930 book argued that women's "liberation from the dangers of childbirth" would be a crucial first step toward gender equality
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Despite an immense wave of publicity heralding the discovery of dinosaur eggs in 1923, French paleontologists had discovered them decades earlier
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How Act of Valor is only the latest in a long history of official military involvement in the film industry
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"I take no man's word for the qualities of a toadstool," said the man who took it upon himself to sample more than 600 species
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The giant oceanic birds are producing more and plumper chicks, at least for now
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Did ancient Romans, Pope Clement II or Ludwig van Beethoven overdose on a sweet salt of lead?
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Kiwi recommendations for stopping the biting beasts: DEET, geranium leaves, garlic, rancid bacon, Marmite, Vegemite. Does anything really work?
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From American art, history and culture, air and space technology, Asian art and any of the sciences from astronomy to zoology, we'll find an answer
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The plot to kill Michael Malloy for life-insurance money seemed foolproof—until the conspirators actually tried it
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Volcanologists thought that the buildup to an eruption would take centuries. But this report adds to a suspicion that it can happen faster than expected
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A new study suggests that you can distinguish different hadrosaur species by their pebbly hides alone
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Would Flopsy, Mopsy and Peter Cottontail have been conceived had it not been for the biases of Victorian era science?
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Why short films still win Oscars
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It's not easy to think happy thoughts this time of year. But here are some examples of innovative thinking that remind us it will get better
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