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Ancient DNA Reveals Woolly Mammoth With A Sex Chromosome Combination Never Before Seen In An Extinct SpeciesIllustration of woolly mammoths walking on Ice Age snowAncient DNA Reveals Woolly Mammoth With A Sex Chromosome Combination Never Before Seen In An Extinct SpeciesIllustration of woolly mammoths walking on Ice Age snow

Ancient DNA Reveals Woolly Mammoth With A Sex Chromosome Combination Never Before Seen In An Extinct Species

An individual mammoth was found to be neither chromosomally female nor chromosomally male.

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They do seem to be excited about the long shutdown of the LHC.

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Orcas Ram Sunfish So Hard They Explode “Into Thousands Of Pieces” And No, We’re Not Joking

"We think this may help younger orcas feed more easily or it could also just be for fun."

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Curiosity Finds "Sea Of Polygons" On Mars. But Photos Of The Rover Itself Show Its Back Wheel Isn't In Great Shape

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300-Million-Year-Old Fossilized Wood Tells Us More About Geologic History Than Anyone Imagined

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For Almost 1,500 Years, The Ancestors Of Modern-Day Native Americans Kept Coming Back To This Sacred Cave To Paint In Complete Darkness

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Lasers Uncover 400 Hidden Structures From A Lost Amazon Civilization That Once Boasted 3 Million PeopleSome of the structures are still visible, such as the Tequinho geoglyph in Acre, Brazil.
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Lasers Uncover 400 Hidden Structures From A Lost Amazon Civilization That Once Boasted 3 Million People

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Is Your Kitchen Sponge A Hidden Bacteria Farm? Even The Smell Test Can't Save Youdirty kitchen stove, empty and full bottles of detergents around.
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Incredible Marine Reptile Fossil Preserves Its Internal Organs In Such Detail That Its Liver Is Still A "Reddish Color"

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Three-Way Chomp-Fest Between Ancient Species Shows Who Was Eating Who in The Lower CretaceousA paeloart drawing of a ichthyosaur biting a pterosaur while and pliosaur swims below.
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Three-Way Chomp-Fest Between Ancient Species Shows Who Was Eating Who in The Lower Cretaceous

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Scientists Create G-Rated “OnlyMarms” To Save World’s Second-Longest Wild Animal Observation ProjectA marmot caught mid movement, looking surprised at the camera.
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Scientists Create G-Rated “OnlyMarms” To Save World’s Second-Longest Wild Animal Observation Project

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A Spacecraft Sent To Rescue NASA's Swift Telescope From Falling To Earth Has Begun An Uncontrollable Spin

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How To Get More IFLScience: Add Us As A “Preferred Source" On Google

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Unlocking The Future Together: Why IFLScience Is Launching A Membership Model

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Dunning-Kruger And The Calamitous Lemon Juice Bank Robbery That Launched A New Cognitive Biasan open bag filled with dollar notes
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Dunning-Kruger And The Calamitous Lemon Juice Bank Robbery That Launched A New Cognitive Bias

“But I wore the juice,” said one robber, not realizing he was only embarrassing himself further.

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The USSR Had Nuclear-Powered Lighthouses Lining Its Arctic Coast, And They Became As Big A Problem As You Can Imagine

What could go wrong? Quite a lot, it turns out.

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How We Remember: The Neuroscience of Memory Explained

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AI Consciousness Explained: Science vs Philosophy

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Unethical Experiments That Shook The World

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