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Ten thousand years ago, mastodons vanished from South America. With them, an ecologically vital function also disappeared: the dispersal of…
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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (R) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Martin Makary at…
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A new study has revealed for the first time that ancient carbon, stored in landscapes for thousands of years or…
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Jonathan Alperstein, one of the researchers, excavates a portion of land on an ancient agricultural site in Michigan. Jesse Casana…
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