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100-Year-Old Rule of Evolution Corroborated by AI, Finds Species Evolve In Rapid, Explosive Burstsmale (right) and female Gouldian finches (Erythrura gouldiae), which happily sit in the order Passeriformes.

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100-Year-Old Rule of Evolution Corroborated by AI, Finds Species Evolve In Rapid, Explosive Burstsmale (right) and female Gouldian finches (Erythrura gouldiae), which happily sit in the order Passeriformes.
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100-Year-Old Rule of Evolution Corroborated by AI, Finds Species Evolve In Rapid, Explosive Bursts

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Frozen Pathogens Are Waking Up From Earth's Ice: Is Humankind Screwed Or Have Horror Headlines Tricked Us?

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After More Than 60 Years Presumed Dead, A Coral Reef Is Alive and Thriving Off The Coast Of BeninAn underwater photograph of a coral reef showing colorful fan like corals and the sandy bottom of the sea floor.

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After More Than 60 Years Presumed Dead, A Coral Reef Is Alive and Thriving Off The Coast Of BeninAn underwater photograph of a coral reef showing colorful fan like corals and the sandy bottom of the sea floor.
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After More Than 60 Years Presumed Dead, A Coral Reef Is Alive and Thriving Off The Coast Of Benin

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Lake Mead Nears All-Time Low. California Gives Up Billions Of Gallons Of Water To Help It SurviveLake Mead water levels as seen from Hoover Dam, showing the distinct white "bathtub ring" where water levels have dropped.

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Lake Mead Nears All-Time Low. California Gives Up Billions Of Gallons Of Water To Help It Survive

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In 1961, Scientists Began Exploring Uncharted Caves In Borneo. The "Howling" Mountain Revealed A Hidden World Beneath The Rainforestlight floods through the large mouth of deer cave, with a cavernously high ceiling that makes a human look like an ant
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Oldest-Ever Crocodile Soft Tissue Reveals The Color Pattern In An Exquisite 125-Million-Year-Old FossilA picture of the fossil crocodile under UV light, showing the skeleton in the middle and out the outline of the skin.

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Oldest-Ever Crocodile Soft Tissue Reveals The Color Pattern In An Exquisite 125-Million-Year-Old FossilA picture of the fossil crocodile under UV light, showing the skeleton in the middle and out the outline of the skin.
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Oldest-Ever Crocodile Soft Tissue Reveals The Color Pattern In An Exquisite 125-Million-Year-Old Fossil

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The “World’s Cutest Frog” Is Plump, Looks Like It’s Judging You, And Is Now, Sadly, Even Closer To ExtinctionA desert rain frog sits on the sand side on to the camera looking grump with tiny legs.

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The Joke's On You: "Invisible Gold" Has Been Found Hiding Inside Fool's Gold In The Deep SeaJapanese scientists found evidence of gold nanoparticles in sulfide deposits at the Higashi–Aogashima Knoll Caldera hydrothermal field.

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The Joke's On You: "Invisible Gold" Has Been Found Hiding Inside Fool's Gold In The Deep SeaJapanese scientists found evidence of gold nanoparticles in sulfide deposits at the Higashi–Aogashima Knoll Caldera hydrothermal field.
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The Joke's On You: "Invisible Gold" Has Been Found Hiding Inside Fool's Gold In The Deep Sea

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Scientists Drilled 1,268 Meters Into The Sea Bed And Discovered The Hidden Plumbing Network That Sustains A "Lost City" Of Hydrothermal VentsA white carbonate spire in the Lost City vent field in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, imaged on 2005 July.
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Scientists Drilled 1,268 Meters Into The Sea Bed And Discovered The Hidden Plumbing Network That Sustains A "Lost City" Of Hydrothermal Vents

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Newly Hatched T. Rex Babies Came Out Of The Egg Ready To Chase Their Own FoodArtist's impression of a newly hatched T. rex, already hunting prey

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Newly Hatched T. Rex Babies Came Out Of The Egg Ready To Chase Their Own FoodArtist's impression of a newly hatched T. rex, already hunting prey
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Greater Gliders’ Gliding Skills Are Overrated, Although The Researcher Maintains “They’re Greatest In My Heart”It may look like a fluffy manta ray when gliding, but greater gliders can't get anywhere near as far as has previously been claimed.

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Greater Gliders’ Gliding Skills Are Overrated, Although The Researcher Maintains “They’re Greatest In My Heart”It may look like a fluffy manta ray when gliding, but greater gliders can't get anywhere near as far as has previously been claimed.
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385 Million-Year-Old Fragments Found Inside Coal Rewrites The History Of The World's Oldest AmberAmber fragments on a pale blue background

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