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British researchers have unearthed some 200 dinosaur footprints dating back 166 million years in a find believed to be biggest in the United Kingdom. Teams from Oxford and Birmingham Universities made the “exhilarating” discovery at a quarry in Oxfordshire in central England after a worker came across “unusual bumps” as he was stripping clay back
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There’s a chance solar storms may bring northern lights to several northern U.S. states just in time for the new year. The sun expelled two bursts of plasma that are hurtling toward Earth and are expected to arrive early this week, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Once they arrive, they may
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A vampire hedgehog, a pygmy pipehorse, and a”blob-headed” fish were among the hundreds of new species identified in 2024. The range of species identified was quite eclectic, ranging from plants to mammals, and names for the new species ran the gamut across a broad spectrum of locations and formations — some even inspired by politicians
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Zhenbo Wang is an associate professor of mechanical, aerospace and biomedical engineering at the University of Tennessee. In 2024, space exploration dazzled the world. NASA’s Europa Clipper began its journey to study Jupiter’s moon Europa. SpaceX’s Starship achieved its first successful landing, a critical milestone for future deep space missions. China made headlines with the Chang’e 6
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An orca who made headlines in 2018 after she carried her dead calf on her head for more than two weeks and a distance of 1,000 miles has given birth again, according to the Center for Whale Research. The killer whale calf was spotted in the Puget Sound area off Washington state several days ago.
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Spanish archaeologists have successfully removed a 2,600-year-old shipwreck from waters off the country’s southeastern coast, two decades after the relic was initially found, officials said. The ancient Phoenician shipwreck dates back to the 7th century B.C.E. It was discovered in 1994 off the coast of Murcia in southeastern Spain, near the town of Mazarrón, according to
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The 2024 winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, happens on Saturday, Dec. 21, in the Northern Hemisphere. The celestial event signifies the first day of winter, astronomically. What is the winter solstice? The winter solstice is the day each year that has the shortest period of daylight between sunrise and sunset, and therefore
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Humans aren’t alone when it comes to yawning — all vertebrates do it too, including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. But why? The “evolutionarily ancient” act of yawning likely serves a few purposes, according to Andrew Gallup, a professor of behavioral biology at Johns Hopkins University. “The fact that it is conserved so widely across
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Complete jaw of mastodon found in backyard of Orange County home Complete jaw of mastodon found in backyard of Orange County home 01:23 Sloths weren’t always slow-moving, furry tree-dwellers. Their prehistoric ancestors were huge – up to 4 tons – and when startled, they brandished immense claws. For a long time, scientists believed the
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The Northern giant hornet, more commonly known as the “murder hornet,” has been eradicated in the U.S., agriculture officials said Wednesday. The ominously nicknamed invasive species was confirmed to be in the U.S. in 2019 after officials in Washington state received and verified two reports of the hornet. Efforts quickly began to track and get
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