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The fossils from the Cambrian Period include dozens of new species and provide a window into life more than 500 million years ago

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Police today increasingly embrace DNA tests as the ultimate crime-fighting tool. They once felt the same way about fingerprinting

Meet the Woman Who Can Smell Parkinson's Disease

Joy Milne first noticed a “sort of woody, musky odor” emanating from her husband some 12 years before he was diagnosed with the degenerative disorder

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Picking a perfect bracket is so unlikely that it will almost certainly never occur, even if March Madness continues for billions of years

This Ancient Fish Is Facing a Plummeting Population Crisis

Despite producing thousands of eggs at a time, sturgeon populations are down to about one percent of their historic population levels. Scientists are scrambling for answers

Fossil Treasure Trove of Ancient Animals Unearthed — Fossil Treasure Trove of Ancient Animals Unearthed

The fossils from the Cambrian Period include dozens of new species and provide a window into life more than 500 million years ago

The Myth of Fingerprints — The Myth of Fingerprints

Police today increasingly embrace DNA tests as the ultimate crime-fighting tool. They once felt the same way about fingerprinting

Meet the Woman Who Can Smell Parkinson's Disease — Meet the Woman Who Can Smell Parkinson's Disease

Joy Milne first noticed a “sort of woody, musky odor” emanating from her husband some 12 years before he was diagnosed with the degenerative disorder

The Mathematical Madness of March — The Mathematical Madness of March

Picking a perfect bracket is so unlikely that it will almost certainly never occur, even if March Madness continues for billions of years

This Ancient Fish Is Facing a Plummeting Population Crisis — This Ancient Fish Is Facing a Plummeting Population Crisis

Despite producing thousands of eggs at a time, sturgeon populations are down to about one percent of their historic population levels. Scientists are scrambling for answers

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