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Today’s 7,600 languages might seem like a lot, but they're just a fraction that survived a vast, ancient extinction.

The light spot in the middle of the head forms the median eye in this lizard. The animal’s regular eyes are not visible because the picture is taken from behind. Credit: Bruno Frías Morales / ...

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Orcas have long been the ocean’s most inventive predators. Some populations flip sharks upside down to induce paralysis.

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Mars as viewed by Psyche as it continued its mission through the solar system. Credit: NASA. At first, Mars was little more ...

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So, according to a former commander, they asked an AI chatbot for help. The commander told Cambridge researcher Antonia ...

At a thriving Celtic trading center in western France, metalworkers forged weapons, keys, tools, and fittings for horses.