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A potted scarlet monkeyflower would die within a few days without water. But multiple natural populations of the species ...

An ancient skull has finally shown us what the Denisovans looked like redrawing our family tree and transforming the hunt for Ancestor X ...

A nearly complete dinosaur skeleton discovered in Patagonia is helping scientists crack the mystery of alvarezsaurs, a bizarre group of bird-like dinosaurs. The fossil of Alnashetri cerropoliciensis ...

Campus will come to life at Duke as spring arrives in March with a full slate of events that includes a panel event celebrating a new exhibit, a gardening symposium, a musical performance and a ...

In the long shadow of the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs, life appears to have bounced back with surprising speed. A new analysis of sedimentation rates suggests that the first wave of marine ...

When plant biologist Jing-Yi Lu was earning his bachelor’s degree in Taiwan, he began to take note of the local flora. He paid particular attention to the lipstick vines, which, in Taiwan, have short, ...

This content is provided by an external author without editing by Finextra. It expresses the views and opinions of the author. This follows last year’s promise by the Government to make financial ...

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman speaks at an agency town hall Dec. 18, the day after he was sworn in as administrator. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls It took a year, but the Jared Isaacman era at NASA ...

Little Havana’s Ball & Chain keeps salsa alive with free dance lessons In Miami’s Little Havana, the rhythm of salsa isn’t just something you hear — it’s something you become. MIAMI — In Miami’s ...

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