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Archaeology This ancient language puzzle was impossible to solve—until a PhD student cracked the code By Laura Baisas
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Biology One wormy Triassic fossil could fill a hole in the evolutionary story of amphibians By Laura Baisas
Biology When wind turbines kill bats and birds, these scientists want the carcasses By Emma Foehringer Merchant / Undark
Biology Stowaway mice carry DNA evidence of an ancient black market fur trade By Gemma Conroy / Hakai Magazine
Dinosaurs Newly found titanosaur eggs reveal dino nurseries once teemed with baby giants By Laura Baisas
Dinosaurs Millions of years ago, marine reptiles may have used Nevada as a birthing ground By Laura Baisas
Dinosaurs A Scottish fossil is helping scientists fill the gaps in the lizard family tree By Laura Baisas
These long-fingered lemurs pick and eat their boogers, just like humans By PopSci Staff / Dec 14, 2022
A bisexual goose raising a family with two black swans isn’t as strange as it sounds By PopSci Staff / Sep 7, 2022
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