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For the first time in years, visitors can once again see the nation's most productive Jurassic park
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Stegosaurus was as aerodynamic as a brick, but one writer thought the prickly dinosaur used its huge plates for gliding
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Making nests in trees keeps chimps comfortable and safe from nighttime predators
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Cracking the Code of the Human Genome
A new technique reads DNA base by base by threading it through a tiny pore
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When scientists mapped the human genetic blueprint, people said it would change medicine because we'd be able to get clues about our future health
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The peculiar way birds grow up got its start among feathery non-avian dinosaurs
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Scientists worry that a contest to send robotic rovers to the moon will threaten lunar landmarks
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A bonebed in Argentina with three sauropods of different sizes adds new evidence that some of these dinosaurs were social creatures
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Not only is it now available in once unimaginable flavors, like salted caramel and prosciutto, but scientists also are trying to make it good for you
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A newly described abelisaurid pushes back the history of the blunt-skulled, stubby-armed predators
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A substance developed at MIT sends viscous condiments pouring out of bottles with ease
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A wannabe-biologist is planning to bring a dinosaur back alive, even though the creature he's after doesn't exist
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Fossils from the Shanidar Cave provide insights on health, violence and death rituals among Neanderthals
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Scientists hope to look for extraterrestrial life in a new place: recently discovered caves in places like the moon, Mars and Titan
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An almost certainly poached tyrannosaur skeleton kicks off a legal dispute over Mongolia's fossil heritage
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Given its location and climate, Greece should be filled with hominid bones and stone tools
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There was a full artistic reconstruction in the 2010 paper that described the dinosaur, but it's another thing to see the dinosaur's reconstructed skeleton
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For the first time in 18 years, a solar eclipse will be visible in the continental United States
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The key take-home lesson: Never anger anyone with a thagomizer
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