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The world's most popular banana faces extinction. Researchers are racing to find a solution.
Yelloway One is a new variety of banana that's edible and resistant to some key fungal diseases. It…
Jenny McGrath
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Scientists discovered a unique line of Neanderthals and it's helping solve the mystery of humanity's last great extinction
The genome of a Neanderthal named Thorin suggested he was part of an unknown lineage. He and his co…
Jenny McGrath
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Scientists think they've found the origin of the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs. It could help prevent a future mass extinction on Earth.
Thanks to the presence of an rare element called ruthenium, scientists think they know where the as…
Jenny McGrath
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Scientists discovered 50,000-year-old viruses in Neanderthal DNA that could help explain their mysterious extinction
Research found signs of ancient viruses in Neanderthal DNA that they may have gotten from ancient h…
Jenny McGrath
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America's most boring job is on the brink of extinction
Inside the desperate campaign to get Gen Z to become accountants
Emmalyse Brownstein
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Over 80% of prehistoric megaherbivores went extinct due to human activity and not climate change: Study
Recent studies have spotlighted the extinction or rapid decline of large mammals over the past 50,0…
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Bananas are inching towards extinction, but scientists have devised a neat trick to save the trusty fruit
You know things have taken a turn for the bleak when you hear that our beloved bananas have begun a…
Why Louisiana's $1.3 billion shrimp industry could go extinct
Louisiana catches about 70 million tons of shrimp, but it's not enough to meet America's surging de…
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Scientists want to send our endangered species to the Moon to “save” them
Scientists are considering using the moon's craters for cryopreserving endangered species' cells to…
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How the hedge fund superstar went extinct
The days of investors trusting a star hedge-fund manager with their cash are in the rearview mirror
Dan DeFrancesco
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'Intellectually inferior' humans caused Neanderthals to go extinct, a new book claims
Neanderthals' extinction is one of the biggest mysteries about the species. In "The Naked Neanderth…
Jenny McGrath
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First successful IVF rhino pregnancy could save the Northern White Rhinoceros from certain extinction
In a groundbreaking feat, scientists have achieved the world's first in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) p…
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Another point for life on Mars: Signs of liquid water discovered under the planet's surface
NASA's InSight lander measured Marsquakes, and now its data is hinting there's a reservoir of liqui…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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How to eat like an ancient Olympic athlete: figs, feta, and liver
Max Miller of "Tasting History" created a recipe from Ancient Greece in honor of the games' early a…
Jenny McGrath
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Scientists thought this tiny, blind mole was extinct for over 85 years, but they were wrong
De Winton's golden mole was thought to be extinct for over 80 years. A new study used DNA analysis …
Maiya Focht
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Oceans without sharks would be far less healthy, finds new research
In a newly published study by Florida International University, Florida, scientists surveyed decade…
PTI
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Ancient giant mammals such as mammoths might’ve gone extinct due to human activity, not climate change
While past studies often attributed the extinction of large mammals to climate change, a new invest…
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Did infection from human viruses contribute to the demise of Neanderthals 40,000 years ago?
Researchers sifted through DNA extracted from Neanderthal remains in Chagyrskaya Cave, Russia, to l…
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Cavendish bananas face extinction and not all experts agree on how to save it
Are bananas going extinct? The Gros Michel did, and the Cavendish variety is battling disease. Here…