Phorusrhacids: Flightless terror birds stalked Antarctica after the dinosaurs’ demise
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Why does weed give you the ‘munchies’? Here’s what the science says
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We aren’t addicted to our phones and we don’t need a ‘digital detox’
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Is the woolly mammoth really on the brink of being resurrected?
Unlike extinct woolly mammoths, most edited elephants with mammoth-like traits would have no tusks, to get around ivory poaching QuangTrungArt/Shutterstock A company set up to
The Tomb of the Mili Mongga review: Hunting for giants in Indonesia
Samuel Turvey set off for Indonesia in search of fossils and found all sorts of wonders – including the strange story of mythical wild men
Genomes of modern Indian people include wide range of Neanderthal DNA
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Bizarre galaxy in the early universe died extremely young
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Chemical injection brings dying batteries back to life
New research aims to revive old batteries instead of discarding or recycling them Alyssa Pointer A chemical injection can restore spent lithium-ion batteries to working