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A changing climate, growing human populations and widespread fires contributed to the last major extinction event − can we prevent another? Emily Lindsey, University of California, Los...
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The same people excel at object recognition through vision, hearing and touch – another reason to let go of the learning styles myth Teachers want to connect...
What is most likely going on in Area 51? A national security historian explains why you won’t find aliens there For decades, what lay at the end...
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