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Extinct toothless dwarf dolphin unveiled
8-23-2017 |
3
Scientists have identified an extinct species of mini-dolphin that lived over 30 million years ago.
Milky Way galaxy is riddled with black holes
8-10-2017 | 17
A new study has revealed that there are actually tens of millions of black holes in our own galaxy alone.
13 million-year-old human ancestor unearthed
8-10-2017 | 30
Palaeontologists have discovered the skull of what is thought to be mankind's earliest known ancestor.
Man sells salvaged R2-D2 for $2.76 million
VIDEO 6-29-2017 | 4
A Star Wars enthusiast from the UK has made a tidy profit by rebuilding the droid from spare parts.
Laser beam is 'as bright as a billion suns'
6-26-2017 | 12
The high-powered Diocles Laser in Nebraska is changing the way that scientists look at the universe.
Intense volcanism gave rise to the dinosaurs
6-20-2017 | 5
A mass extinction event 200 million years ago made it possible for the dinosaurs to dominate the planet.
Ancient fossil bird found trapped in amber
6-9-2017 | 1
The incredibly well-preserved hatchling is believed to date back 99 million years to the Cretaceous Era.
Ancient sea monster was the size of a bus
5-26-2017 | 3
Palaeontologists in Russia have discovered a huge new sea creature that lived 130 million years ago.
NASA to probe $10,000 quadrillion asteroid
5-25-2017 | 10
The iron-rich asteroid 16 Psyche is so valuable that, if mined, it would collapse the global economy.
Whales only became huge relatively recently
VIDEO 5-24-2017 | 12
They may be giants of the deep today, but blue whales only gained their huge size 2-3 million years ago.
Man finds Viking treasure with metal detector
5-21-2017 | 19
Derek McLennan earned almost $2.6 million after unearthing a horde of 10th-century Viking artefacts.
Superbugs existed long before the dinosaurs
5-13-2017 | 2
Far from being a modern phenomenon, antibiotic-resistant microbes have existed for millions of years.
Fossilized dinosaur eggs unearthed in China
4-23-2017 | 9
Discovered near Foshan in the southeast of the country, the eggs date back over 70 million years.
Thylacine survival odds are 1 in 1.6 trillion
4-19-2017 | 38
A new study has cast further doubt on the possibility that the Tasmanian tiger has survived in the wild.
New device can draw water out of thin air
VIDEO 4-14-2017 | 18
Scientists may have found a way to provide millions of people around the world with fresh water.
Graphene sieve could make seawater drinkable
VIDEO 4-4-2017 | 34
Scientists have come up with a new type of sieve that could bring clean drinking water to millions.
Permian mass extinction 'could happen again'
3-25-2017 | 6
A catastrophic rise in temperature wiped out the vast majority of life on Earth 250 million years ago.
Trump signs new bill to send humans to Mars
3-22-2017 | 12
$19.5 billion has been authorized to support a renewed commitment to NASA's manned space program.
Spiders eat 800 million tons of prey a year
3-15-2017 | 23
New research has revealed that spiders eat twice as much animal prey as humans do each year.
World's oldest plant fossil discovered
3-14-2017 | 0
The groundbreaking find pushes back the evolution of complex life forms by another 400 million years.
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