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Deep subsurface microbes are highly diverse, challenging assumptions about life in low-energy environments. This discovery has implications for medicine, energy efficiency, and astrobiology. Which ...

For the first time, scientists have completed an in-depth analysis of fossilized soft tissues from a plesiosaur ...

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A small team of archaeologists, geologists, paleontologists and climate scientists has found that at least one type of ...

Researchers have analyzed the soft tissue from a fossilized plesiosaur for the first time. The results show that the long-necked marine reptile had both smooth and scaly skin. This was likely so it ...

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It took more than 50 years for Marthe Gautier to set the record straight about her discovery of the genetic cause of Down ...

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