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You will be hard-pressed to find an animal that has no rudimentary or useless traits: atrophied eyes, discarded wings, or male breasts, to name just a few of many. These are all signs of history, legacies of distant relatives, disused structures that evolution will tolerate for a while or will reuse …
ASH-SHHANIYA, Qatar (AP) — Like all good pageant contestants, Nazaa’a displayed not only dazzling beauty but also poise and grace. She batted her eyelashes and flashed a toothy smile for the television cameras at the Mzayen World Cup, a pageant held in the Qatari desert about 15 miles (25 …
Careful imaging of an 8th-century book reveals humanoid figures scrawled in the margins. Researchers inspecting a New Testament manuscript in Oxford’s …
It's safe to say that most of Lamborghini's lineup, including historical models, is unconventional-looking. The current Aventador is a …
Magnetic fields tripled the energy output of a fusion experiment at the National Ignition Facility, reports a new study. Scientists hoping to harness nuclear fusion—the same energy source that powers the Sun and other stars—have confirmed that magnetic fields can enhance the energy output of their …
It might seem unbelievable given that the “Christmas creep” now begins before Halloween, but the true Christmas season actually starts on Christmas Day itself. That’s right: December 25 marks the official start of the 12 days of Christmas, the Christian tradition that shares its name with a …
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