Ferns bounced back much faster than other plants after the meteor impact that wiped out the dinosaurs.
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A strange layer in the fossil record contains evidence that fern populations exploded following the mass extinction that ended the Cretaceous period. Scientists want to know why.

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Cretaceous Meteor That Killed Most Life on Earth Hit in Spring

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Car-Sized, Meat-Eating Dinosaur Could Run Faster Than Usain Bolt

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Paleontologists Find Possible Dinosaur DNA

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Image of the Day: Dinosaur Tracks

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New Evidence Points to Asteroid as Cause of Dinosaur Extinction

Image of the Day: Shrinking Dinosaurs

Image of the Day: Feather Feeders

Trove of Fossils Shows Mammal Evolution after Dino Extinction

Who Owns the ‘Dueling Dinos’? Montana Supreme Court To Decide

Fossilized Dino Bones Are Home to Diverse Microbial Communities

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Image of the Day: Bat-like Wings

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Image of the Day: New Tyrannosauroid

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Image of the Day: Passive Flapping

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Animals in North Dakota Died from Chicxulub Asteroid in Mexico

Image of the Day: Scotty the T. rex

Newly Discovered Ancient Shark Found Alongside Bones of T. rex

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Pterosaurs Sported Feathers, Claim Scientists

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Universe 25 Experiment

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ALS Disturbs Sleep Prior to Symptom Onset

A brown-shelled snail with green and white striped eye stalks on the petals of a yellow tiger lily.

How Tiny Organisms Control Minds, Create Zombies, and Shape Ecosystems

A spiral fossil with a snail-like shell.

Aerobic Bacteria May Predate Earth’s Oxygen Boom

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Taking the Guesswork Out of Quality Control Standards

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April 1, 2025, Issue 1

Bunsen Burners and Bad Hair Days

Lab safety rules dictate that one must tie back long hair. Rosemarie Hansen learned the hard way when an open flame turned her locks into a lesson.

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Taking the Guesswork Out of Quality Control Standards

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PFAS: The Forever Chemicals

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Unlocking the Unattainable in Gene Construction

Unlocking the Unattainable in Gene Construction

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Comparing Analytical Solutions for High-Throughput Drug Discovery

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