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New species of mastodon discovered in California
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Five things to consider before speed limiters are added to cars
The recent announcement that EU rules for fitting speed limiters to new cars from 2022 will…
Facebook beefs up political ad rules ahead of EU election
Facebook said Friday it's further tightening up requirements for European Union political advertising, in its latest…
What ‘Big Data’ reveals about the diversity of species
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From the bronze age to food cans, here’s how tin changed humanity
Mention tin and most people would think of the typical tin can, used to preserve foods…
SpaceX releases a new render of what the all-steel Starship will look like returning to earth
The design for SpaceX's Starship (aka. Big Falcon Rocket) is really starting to come together. Over…
Fossils show recovery from extinction event helped shape evolutionary history
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How to use gravitational waves to measure the expansion of the universe
On the morning of Aug. 17, 2017, after traveling for more than a hundred million years,…