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Dozens of dinosaur footprints found in rock at Australian school
Anthony Romilio examines the slab at Biloela State High School in Queensland, Australia University of Queensland A slab of 200-million-year-old
Thousands join Stand Up for Science rallies across the US
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Two huge black holes merged into one and went flying across the cosmos
An image of the quasar 3C 186, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center A rare
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NASA set to launch SPHEREx space telescope to scan entire sky
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When did people start building houses with corners?
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Hair conditioner made from wood is black and smelly, but eco-friendly
The black hair conditioner on the left is derived from the wood powder on the right Fengyang Wang/Stockholm University This
Can Google’s new research assistant AI give scientists ‘superpowers’?
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Antarctic ice on 1 Jan 2024 NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio Earth’s climate isn’t easy to cool down – especially if