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Caroline Herschel: Assistant or Astronomer?

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When Time Won’t Fly

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Thomas Henry Huxley and the Dinobirds

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Biodiversity Losses Could Be Bad for Your Health

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Dinosaur Sighting: Frosty the Tyrannosaurus

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Dinosaur Drive-In: Triassic Attack

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Spilled Paint or Iranian Desert?

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Need a Hand? Don’t Ask an Abelisaurid

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More Stars in the Universe

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How to Turn a Tyrannosaur Into a Iguanodont

Discoverer of more dinosaur species than any other living scientist, Xu Xing says some dinosaurs have birdlike traits, including feathers.

Dinosaurs’ Living Descendants

China’s spectacular feathered fossils have finally answered the century-old question about the ancestors of today’s birds

The only great ape unique to Asia, orangutans are increasingly rare, with fewer than 50,000 in Borneo. Here, a male named Doyok moves through a reserve.

A Quest to Save the Orangutan

Birute Mary Galdikas has devoted her life to saving the great ape. But the orangutan faces its greatest threat yet

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Wild Things: Life as We Know It

Drought crises, Florida panthers, humpback whales and more…

An illustration of German-born fossil collector Albert Koch's "Hydrarchos" as it appeared on display.

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How Did Whales Evolve?

Originally mistaken for dinosaur fossils, whale bones uncovered in recent years have told us much about the behemoth sea creatures

Improved telescope technology, the New York Sun reported, allowed an astronomer to see fantastic lunar life-forms.

Lunar Bat-men, the Planet Vulcan and Martian Canals

Five of science history’s most bizarre cosmic delusions

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Nine Science Books I Wish I’d Had Time to Read This Year

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A “Perverted” View of Bird Evolution

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Geeky Gifts for the 2010 Holiday Season

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Blog Carnival #26: Career Advice, Pink Floyd, Colorado Fossils and More…

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Neither a Tightwad Nor a Spendthrift Be

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