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Life on Earth underwent a long evolutionary journey that eventually gave rise to us, the purportedly intelligent species that dominates the planet.

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A speculative paper argues that ancient planetary flybys may have helped trigger some of Earth’s mass extinctions.

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The greatest mass extinction of all time was triggered by climatic conditions that are beginning to reappear today, ...

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An interdisciplinary team from Florida State University's Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science has uncovered ...

Scientists trace the dinosaur-killing asteroid to a rare meteorite, shedding new light on Earth's biggest extinction event.

The dinosaur-ending meteor devastating may have been its angle ...