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A study shows that, in the most sedentary people, small amounts of activity are linked to significant health benefits ...

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A devastating ice age wiped out most marine life, yet new research reveals how this ancient disaster unexpectedly paved the ...

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Some 445 million years ago, life on Earth was forever changed. During the geological blink of an eye, glaciers formed over ...

During these waves of mass extinction, most vertebrate survivors were confined to refugia, or isolated biodiversity hotspots ...

Find marks first systematically identified burial site associated with plague burials in Europe, scientists say ...