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Japanese researchers developed a model to simulate early Earth's atmosphere, revealing how UV radiation and hydrocarbons ...

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Earth teases a different origin story for the Xenomorphs, but it won't mess with Ridley Scott's complicated Alien timeline.

Charles Darwin comes to mind when we think of the theory of evolution. But before Darwin published his groundbreaking work in ...

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Well, the verdict is in. The Moon is not made of green cheese after all.

Assuming intelligent aliens have used AI for thousands or even millions of years, experts think it may have grown to ...

The 500-million-year-old primitive fish without bones or teeth has surprisingly advanced anatomical features. “Based on the ...

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