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A new study from Washington University in St. Louis published in Communications Biology presents compelling evidence to ...

Researchers have virtually reconstructed a crushed and distorted 1 million-year-old human skull discovered in China. The newly restored cranium may have belonged to a relative of the mysterious ...

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Blue Origin successfully completed the 36th flight for the New Shepard program. New Shepard has now flown 86 humans into space.