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Newly Identified Dinosaur was the Size of a Chicken and May be Oldest in North America

Dinosaurs roamed North earlier than thought

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Learn more about this newly named dinosaur and how it's discovery sheds light on dinosaur evolution.

The New Year Comet C/2024 G3 May Be 2025’s Brightest — Here’s What to Know

Comet G3 ATLAS to shine brightly

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Learn more about Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS), which may be visible from the Southern Hemisphere in mid- to late-January.

The Blaze Star Will Soon Explode After 80 Years of Waiting

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Learn how T Coronae Borealis, a recurrent nova known as the Blaze Star, will likely light up in the night sky later in 2025 after last doing so in 1946.

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Saber-Toothed Biting Analysis Shows Evolution Across Carnivorous Mammals

Saber-toothed predators evolved optimal teeth

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Learn how a variety of tooth shapes drove evolution across multiple kinds of mammals.

Chimps Use Both Genetics and Behavior to Adapt to Different Environments

Chimpanzees adapt genetically to malaria

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Scientists conducted largest ever genetic analysis of geologically and ecologically diverse group of chimpanzees.

Jan 9, 2025

Estimating Life Expectancy After a Dementia Diagnosis

Dementia diagnosis impacts life expectancy

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Learn how long men and women tend to live after a dementia diagnosis and why the time of nursing home admission is a crucial detail for researchers.

Jan 8, 2025

L.A. Firestorms Have Already Burned an Area Nearly Twice as Large as Manhattan

Palisades Fire prompts evacuations Los Angeles

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Here's what the cataclysmic situation looks like from space.

Starch Traces on Stone Tools Push Back Evidence of Hominid Plant Prep by 400,000 Years

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Analysis raises questions about what the Paleo Diet was historically.

Job Strain Could Cause Sleepless Nights for Middle-Aged Adults

Job strain affects sleep quality

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Learn more about why a stressful job can lead to poor sleep and what can be done about it.

Airplane Noise May Be Tied To Heart Abnormalities

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Learn more about the links between airplane noise and heart health.

Jan 7, 2025

Methylated Multivitamins May Be Easier to Absorb for Some People

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Find out why this form of vitamin can provide extra benefits.

Predicting Mars Weather Could Prevent Future Rover’s Dusty Demise

Mars experiences massive dust storms

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Understanding why storms sometimes engulf the entire planet within a layer of grit could prove crucial to future missions.

NASA's LEXI Shoots to the Moon to Take First Full Images of Earth's Magnetic Field

NASA's LEXI to image Earth's magnetosphere

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Learn more about the NASA instrument’s mission to take the first full image of Earth’s magnetic field.

Jan 6, 2025

Ancient Lead Poisoning May Have Contributed to the Roman Empire’s Downfall

Lead pollution lowered Roman IQ

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Learn how researchers examined lead levels in ice cores dating back to the Roman Empire, and found concentrations high enough to affect IQs.

Pluto May Have Formed From the Newly Discovered Kiss and Capture Mechanism

Pluto captured Charon in collision

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Learn more about how this new mechanism may have shaped Pluto and its largest moon, Charon.

Microbes Can Colonize Space, Produce Drugs, and Create Energy

Researchers simulate microbes for innovation

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Genome-scale metabolic models capture the complex chemical reactions that allow cells to function.

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