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Dino find ruffles feathers

The skeleton of Sciurumimus albersdoerferi, embedded in a limestone slab, suggests that feathers might have been the norm for dinosaurs. Credit: H. Tischlinger/Jura Museum Eichstatt

Nearly-perfect, newfound dinosaur fossil reveals more dinos were feathered than previously thought

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The oldest place on Earth

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Antarctica may seem like the dead continent, but it once bustled with life — a little of which still survives

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Jelly babies

A comb jelly is a small animal with tentacles that lives in the ocean. Scientists have found a population of comb jellies that contains only young jellies, no adults. Credit: Cornelia Jaspers

Population of jellyfish-like creatures contains only young animals, no adults

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Losing control over sugar

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A common pollutant and sweetener mess with important hormones

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A ghost lake

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Scientists study an ancient lake that once covered much of Utah to learn lessons for the future

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A global warming flap

Differences in butterfly and moth breeding patterns are linked to a changing climate

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Flu river

Rivers polluted with Tamiflu could help a resistant flu strain develop in birds

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Meteorites may have sparked life on Earth

A collision of extraterrestrial objects and Earth’s ancient oceans could have produced raw materials for life

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Salty, old and, perhaps, a sign of early life

Exploring salt deposits, researchers unearthed the planet’s oldest-known, complete molecules thought to have been made by living things.

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Fear Matters

Halloween can scare kids and make them act strange. But animals and ecosystems respond to fear every day of the year.

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