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James Woodford

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Ancient crocodile relative could have ripped dinosaurs apart

Artist’s illustration of the ancient reptile Kostensuchus atroxGabriel Diaz Yanten, CC-BY 4.0…

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The way we train AIs makes them more likely to spout bull

Certain AI training techniques may encourage models to be untruthfulCravetiger/Getty Images Common…

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DNA analysis reveals what really killed Napoleon’s army in 1812

The Retreat of Napoleon’s Army from Russia in 1812 by Ary SchefferIanDagnall…

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Ancient mass extinction shows how Earth turned into a super-greenhouse

Global warming is causing forest die-offs today, just as it did during…

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Cyberattacks could exploit home solar panels to disrupt power grids

A third of homes in Australia now have rooftop solar panelszstockphotos/iStockphoto​/Getty Images…

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Enigmatic lizards somehow survived near Chicxulub asteroid impact

A yellow-spotted tropical night lizard (Lepidophyma flavimaculatum)Dante Fenolio/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY A small,…

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Any wall can be turned into a camera to see around corners

Technology for seeing around corners would be of use to the militaryMatthew…

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Antarctic teams drill oldest ice cores yet in search of climate clues

The camp at Dome C on the East Antarctic plateau where the…

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Prototaxites: Bizarre fossil may have been an entirely new type of life

Prototaxites formed tall structures like tree trunks, shown in this illustration of…

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Humpback whale songs have patterns that resemble human language

Humpback whales in the South PacificTony Wu/Nature Picture Library/Alamy Humpback whale songs…

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