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Tuatara: 250 Million Year Old Dinosaur Relative Is Part Mammal And Part Reptile

Scientists have sequenced the genome of the tuatara, a single species reptile which originated in the Triassic period around 250 million years ago but is now only found in New Zealand, and it…

Human Exceptionalism In Evolution: How We Walked Upright

One key hallmark of being human is walking on two legs. It was a seismic shift seen in no other primates. Like much of evolution, it happened in fits and starts.

Airline Crashes: Your Odds Of Going Down In Flames

During my long trip to South America, which just ended (leaving me fighting with a record pile of unanswered emails, an even higher pile of laundry, and a headache for jetlag-induced sleep…

Fracking Correlated To Radon In Ohio - Here Is Why No One Is Actually At Risk

A study has taken a look at the radii of homes with measured data near natural gas wells and statistically linked that to higher radon.

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Tuatara: 250 Million Year Old Dinosaur Relative Is Part Mammal And Part Reptile

Human Exceptionalism In Evolution: How We Walked Upright

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Fracking Correlated To Radon In Ohio - Here Is Why No One Is Actually At Risk