Tutankhamun remains one of Ancient Egypt’s most famous pharaohs. He reigned about 3,000 years ago, taking the throne at…
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In the 19th century, the legendary English naturalist Charles Darwin introduced humanity to the theory of survival of the fittest. Through this theory, he explained, among other things, why giraffes…
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Nature & Travel
A mega‑volcano, not the asteroid: Simulation points to the Deccan Traps for dinosaur extinction
Scientists have long debated how the dinosaurs vanished 66 million years ago. The dominant explanation blames a massive asteroid that struck the Yucatán Peninsula. But a team at Dartmouth College…
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Despite the fact that the Moon is Earth’s closest neighbor, scientists have been struggling with the mystery of its origin for centuries. In the 1980s, astronomers suggested that this natural…
