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“Lethally Hot” Earth Was Devoid of Life—Could It Happen Again?
Extinctions during the early Triassic period left Earth a virtual wasteland, largely because life literally couldn’t take the heat,...
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Arctic Sea Ice Collapse Triggers Record Greenland Icesheet Melt
This year’s record melt in northern latitudes has surprised – even shocked – many climate scientists. While most of...
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Watch Out Urbanites, Here Come the Carnivores
Raccoons, skunks, possums and certain other animals have long been city dwellers, but now larger wild carnivores are moving...
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Did Eating Meat Make Us Human?
Fragments of a 1.5-million-year-old skull from a child recently found in Tanzania suggest early hominids weren’t just occasional carnivores...
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Indo-Australian Tectonic Plate Is Breaking in Pieces
An 8.7 earthquake that struck west of Indonesia on April 11 was the biggest of its kind ever recorded...
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Fossil Forest May Sprout Again as the Arctic Warms
A fossilized forest that flourished more than 2.5 million years ago could return to life thanks to a warming...
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Religion ‘No Longer Adequate’ for the Dalai Lama
When His Holiness the Dalai Lama (HHDL) posted on Facebook recently that “religion is no longer adequate,” every journalist...
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Immortality Studies Centered at UC Riverside Get $5-Million Gift
Even a multimillion-dollar donation does not ensure a spot in heaven. Or at least that’s what most religions believe....
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Sediment Cores From Antarctic Seabed Reveal Ancient Rain Forest
Drilling of the seabed off Antarctica has revealed that rainforest grew on the frozen continent 52 million years ago,...
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Century of Drought May Be Ahead
A drought that gripped western North America from 2000 to 2004 was the worst since the Middle Ages, but...