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Illacme plenipes, an extremely rare species endemic to just a few wooded areas in Northern California, is fully described for the first time
November 15, 2012
| By Joseph Stromberg
New dinosaurs are always cause for excitement, but the real joy of paleontology is investigating dinosaur lives
November 15, 2012
| By Brian Switek
A new study shows that nothing scares a smoker away from taking another puff more than a picture of how a body will look like after a lifetime of doing so
November 14, 2012
| By Joseph Stromberg
Dinosaur skin impressions aren't as rare as you might think, but how they form is a mystery
November 14, 2012
| By Brian Switek
Unlike earlier hominids, the 3.5-million-year-old Australopithecus bahrelghazali ate grassland foods
November 14, 2012
| By Erin Wayman
Amateur paleontologist Ray Stanford has a great talent for tracking Maryland's Cretaceous dinosaurs
November 13, 2012
| By Brian Switek
Researchers say that the larger fonts and backlights available on tablets help improve reading speeds
November 12, 2012
| By Joseph Stromberg
The recently discovered Eotriceratops might yield important clues about how the famous Triceratops evolved
November 12, 2012
| By Brian Switek
Travel back millions of years in your time machine and you’d find some of these species thriving and looking much as they do today
November 09, 2012
| By Brian Switek
Get ready for the day when your big screen and your small screens work together to connect you with shows and products.
November 09, 2012
| By Randy Rieland
Canadian researchers found the horned dinosaur hiding in storage
November 09, 2012
| By Brian Switek
44 light years away, scientists have detected a planet that might be the right temperature to hold liquid water, a precondition for life
November 08, 2012
| By Joseph Stromberg
New science reveals that, when threatened by toxic seaweed, corals send out chemical signals to small goby fish that remove the coral-choking greenery
November 08, 2012
| By Hannah Waters
Paleontologists uncover a new look for one of Cretaceous Utah's most common dinosaurs, Eolambia
November 08, 2012
| By Brian Switek
Two master bird banders are at the forefront of finding out why the rufous hummingbird’s migration has changed
November 08, 2012
| By Eric Wagner
Meet the nine winners, recognized for their groundbreaking achievements in science, technology, art and scholarship
A new study shows that the equivalent of a few cups of coffee can help us process words more quickly and accurately
November 07, 2012
| By Joseph Stromberg
Tiny blades discovered in South Africa suggest early humans had advanced intelligence and modern culture 71,000 years ago
November 07, 2012
| By Erin Wayman
Paleobiologists are still trying to figure out how large sauropods prevented themselves from overheating
November 07, 2012
| By Brian Switek
Jaws once thought to be from Megalosaurus belong instead to this little-known species
November 06, 2012
| By Brian Switek
A number of irrelevant factors—from a polling place's location to a home sports team's winning percentage—have been found to sway voters
November 06, 2012
| By Joseph Stromberg
Number 8: A turkey's gender can be determined from its droppings
November 15, 2012
| By Sarah Zielinski
Voting experts David Becker and Thad Hall discuss the technologies that could forever change the way we register and cast our votes
November 06, 2012
| By Megan Gambino
A pair of spade-toothed whales washed ashore on a beach, the first time the complete body of a member of this species has ever been seen
November 05, 2012
| By Joseph Stromberg
A hidden ankylosaur species changes how paleontologists understand the evolution of North America's Late Cretaceous dinosaurs
November 05, 2012
| By Brian Switek
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