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A New Penguin Species Was Hiding in Plain Sight for 100 Years
For more than a century, the penguins of the Kerguelen Islands stood on black volcanic shores, launched themselves into brutal…
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Remarkable Four-Winged Dinosaur Suggests Flight Evolved More Than Once
A spectacular new fossil preserves the skeleton and feathers of a pocket-sized predator. Its anatomy suggests that birds and their…
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Scientists Burned a Remarkable Scroll to Reveal Vesuvius’ Lost Library
The papyrus is blackened, brittle and rolled so tightly that trying to open it would shatter it into flakes. Its…
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15,000-Year-Old Fingerprints on Clay Reveal Secrets of Ancient Life
Tiny ornaments from the dawn of settled life preserve the touch of their makers. But can fingerprints really tell us…
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T. rex Was 97°F: The Amazing Secret Hidden in Its Teeth
Imagine western North America near the end of the Cretaceous, roughly 66 million years ago. It is dawn. Frost rims…
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Akhand Bharat: a beautiful story of Shared History and Culture
Akhand Bharat is a concept of an “Undivided India” that still sparks debate and curiosity. The idea of Akhand Bharat is deeply rooted in the ancient history of the Indian subcontinent.
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Why ‘India’ Is the Wrong Name for the Country
Do you know India comes from an ancient Greek word (Indikê) which in Latin translates to (India), it has been…
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