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NASA finds spiny dinosaur prints at its Maryland campus (+video)
Stanford has discovered the footprint of a lumbering, spiny dinosaur called a nodosaur in NASA's own backyard on the Goddard Space Flight Center campus.
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When did modern humans first arrive in Asia? Skull pieces could hold clues. (+video)
An anatomically modern human skull uncovered in Laos's 'Cave of the Monkeys,' could shed light on human migration patterns out of Africa.
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Giant Burmese python discovered in Florida (+video)
A newly found Burmese python has broken previous records in size and egg capacity. The discovery is an indication of just how comfortable the invasive species is in its Florida home.
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Early human ancestors had lots of company, fossils reveal (+video)
Our apelike forbears shared East Africa with lots of other hominid species, according to an analysis of fossils discovered in northern Kenya.
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July was hottest month in US on record, reports NOAA (+video)
July 2012's average temperature of 77.6 degrees Fahrenheit for the continental United States beat the previous record holder, July 1936, by one fifth of a degree, reports the National Oceanographic Atmospheric Administration.
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Is global warming behind the recent heat waves? (+video)
The unusual heat waves felt in Texas, Oklahoma, Moscow, and elsewhere in recent years are almost certainly a result of global warming, according to a study led by NASA scientist and climate activist James Hansen.
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Five myths about Mars
No planet in our solar system has been linked to more misconceptions than Mars, where NASA's Curiosity rover is scheduled to touch down on Sunday night. Here are the five most persistent myths about the Red Planet.
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How do elephants make such low sounds? At last, scientists figure it out.
Elephants produce sounds like humans do, a recent study suggests. But their vocal cords are eight times longer and they can be heard up to six miles away.
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Why Earth still absorbing our carbon dioxide?
Our planets ocean's and plants are soaking up unexpected levels of manmade carbon dioxide, but scientists say we cannot count on nature to do so indefinitely.
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Start date for human civilization moved back 20,000 years or so
An analysis of artifacts found in a South African cave reveals that humans were making tools, beads, and even poison some 20,000 years earlier than previously thought.
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Colossal human sculpture unearthed in Turkey
Archaeologists in southeastern Turkey have discovered an enormous stone sculpture of a Neo-Hittite warrior-king daring from the first millennium B.C.
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How hot is it this summer? One of the three hottest since 1950 so far.
Temperatures in June and the first week of July make this summer so far one of the top-three in the continental United States since 1950, say meteorologists.
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Exploding termites: Aging termites become suicide bombers, finds study (+video)
As it ages, a species of tropical termite develops a 'backpack' filled with toxic chemicals that explodes when the insect is threatened.
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At last, scientists provide photographic evidence of sneezing monkeys
The discovery of sneezing monkeys, a rare, snub-nosed monkey species first spotted just two years ago, highlights the need to improve wildlife management in China.
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What is subtropical plankton doing in Arctic waters?
The subtropical plankton in Arctic waters are likely the result of an isolated pulse of water that carried them outside their natural habitat, say scientists.
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Sudden Greenland ice sheet melt baffles scientists (+video)
Satellite images have shown melting over 97 percent of the surface of Greenland's ice sheet in just four days, an event thought to occur every 150 years on average.
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Scientists create artificial jellyfish from rat heart cells (+video)
Using rat heart muscle cells and a thin silicone film, researchers have constructed a swimming jellyfish like creature that can be used to study everything from marine biology to cardiac physiology.
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Global greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise (+video)
Despite global talks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, carbon dioxide production is up 3 percent in 2011, with three of the top five emitters being developing countries.
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Hunting leopard caught on camera for the second time
First caught on film years ago, an Indian leopard was photographed recently. Spot comparison computer software aided researchers in recognizing the animal. Photos like this can help scientists track the life histories of wildlife.
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Why did Neanderthals have such humongous right arms? (+video)
An analysis of Neanderthal bones indicates that they had disproportionately huge biceps and triceps on their right arms, and that spear thrusting does not seem to fully account for their lopsided muscles.
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Could dumping iron in the oceans slow global warming?
Using iron fertilizer to create algae blooms could help our oceans absorb more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, say researchers.
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Rodent thieves explain mystery of tree survival
Thievery by rodents moved an estimated 87 percent of seeds beyond the immediate vicinity of the parent tree, according to a study.
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Lemurs likely most endangered vertebrates, biologists report
More than nine out of 10 lemur species are threatened, conservationists concluded this week in Madagascar, home to more threatened species than any other country.
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Bizarre prehistoric giant turtle was almost perfectly round
A huge turtle that lived some 60 million years ago in what is now South America had a circular shell, say paleontologists.
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What does the Higgs boson sound like? Atom-smasher data set to music. (+video)
Researchers with CERN's ATLAS experiment, which helped discover what is thought to be the elusive Higgs boson, have taken their data and turned it into a piano score.
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