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How did live birth evolve? Surprising fossil find offers clues.A fossil of a ichthyosaur that apparently died during labor some time between 251 million and 247 million years ago sheds new light on how these ancient sea predators birthed their young.
Scientists achieve nuclear fusion milestoneBy blasting hydrogen isotopes with powerful laser pulses, researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have vastly increased fuel yield, a new paper reports.
- China earthquake rattles Xinjiang; no injuries reported
China earthquake: A 6.9 quake struck a sparsely populated region of Western China, damaging some homes.
For Darwin Day, an unexpected hybridA shimmery creature discovered by Charles Darwin and then lost for decades has resurfaced in a London archive, just in time for Darwin's 205th birthday Wednesday.
Humongous sinkhole opens beneath Kentucky's National Corvette MuseumA huge sinkhole beneath National Corvette Museum in Kentucky swallowed eight Corvettes. Kentucky's karst landscape makes the region susceptible to sinkholes, say scientists.
Is water flowing on Mars? Maybe, say scientists.A NASA spacecraft orbiting Mars has spotted signs that water might be flowing just below the Red Planet's surface.
Wait, crocodiles can climb trees now?!Strange but true: Scientists have observed crocodiles – crocodiles! – on three continents taking to the trees.
When nearly everything on Earth died in the blink of an eyeScientists have determined that the Permian extinction – the greatest mass die-off in the history of our planet so far – lasted just 60,000 years, an instant in geological time,
Scientists solve optical illusion that baffled GalileoWhy does Venus look bigger than Jupiter? Why is it easier to read black text on a white page than white text on a black page? It all depends on our neurons, say scientists.
Do dark streaks on Mars indicate the flow of water?No one has come out with a hypothesis that can explain the dark streaks without water, says the lead author of a new paper assessing images and observations from Mars. But no direct evidence of water has been found.
Scientists discover 'mother lode' of fossils in CanadaGeologists working in Canada's Kooteay National Park have found a treasure trove of fossils that could rival that found in the celebrated Burgess Shale.
Scientists to sequence King Richard III's DNAEngland's King Richard III, whose remains were unearthed in 2012, is set to have his genetic code sequenced.
Look up. Is that a crocodile?A new study shows that certain species of crocodiles are capable of climbing trees.
- Discovery of ancient star offering clues about infant universe
When the team that discovered the star collected the star's chemical fingerprints, the results were stunning, one team member recalls. 'You've got to look at this,' she told colleagues.
Loch Ness Monster sightings decline. Time to panic?2013 was the first year in 90 years in which there were no sightings of the Loch Ness Monster, prompting some to worry that the venerable cryptid has packed up and left.
Powerball jackpot: If you won, would you become more conservative?Powerball jackpot could make you more conservative? A longitudinal study in Britain found that the politics of lottery winners tend to shift their support to right-leaning political parties.
Uncertainty looms over Houston's future as a 'Space City'The space race is in full swing. WIth the arrival of various private players in the arena, the city's traditional hegemony in human spaceflight in under threat.
Astronomers peek at ancient galaxy near the edge of the observable universeRoughly 13 billion light years from Earth, the galaxy Abell2744_Y1 was formed just 650 million years after the Big Bang, say astronomers.
Teeth left behind by extinct Dimetrodon give important cluesPaleontologists have found the earliest evidence yet of serrated teeth, housed in the jaws of a Permian-period creature extinct for millions of years that was a distant cousin of today's mammals.
On an English beach, 800,000-year-old footprintsScientists have discovered earliest human footprints outside Africa. Found on Norfolk Coast, these adult and juvenile prints were found at the Happisburgh site, an excavation site containing ancient flora and fauna.
