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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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Here are 10 of the biggest startups that shut down as part of an industry-wide 'mass extinction event'
But the shutdown numbers alone don't paint the overall bleak picture of the startup industry. Some …
Samantha Stokes,Vishal Persaud
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10 Things in Tech: Startups face mass extinction
In today's edition: It's the beginning of the end for startups, companies are getting tougher on re…
Hallam Bullock
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A startup 'mass extinction event' has begun. You can't see it clearly yet, but it's going to be bad.
Startup failures are rising from artificially low levels. A capitulation event in the next year is …
Alistair Barr,Melia Russell
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"Mutilation of tree of life": Human activity wiped 71 branches of species from Earth, 35 times faster than expected
We're not just losing animals by the species anymore; it's by the genus now. Examining 34,600 land-…
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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…
Rupendra Brahambhatt
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The startup extinction wave is rising and it's beginning to wash over the cloud industry
Hundreds of startups are going bust and shutting down. That's beginning to weigh on the cloud indus…
Alistair Barr
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UN report warns of climate-related mass extinctions, including the disappearance of penguins and polar bears
Half of our plant and animal species could be threatened if global temperatures rise 4 degrees Cels…
Aria Bendix
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The dinosaurs may have already been going extinct before the cataclysmic space rock hit Earth, new findings suggest
Did dinosaurs go extinct after a space rock hit Earth 66 million years ago, or were they already de…
Aylin Woodward
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A second space rock hit Earth after the one that doomed the dinosaurs - a nail in the coffin of the mass extinction
After a space rock struck Earth 66 million years ago - killing the dinosaurs - another asteroid hit…
Aylin Woodward
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Sharks once nearly disappeared in an abrupt extinction event 'twice as extreme' as the one that killed the dinosaurs
By studying ancient shark scales collected 3 miles under the Pacific waves, experts found that the …
Aylin Woodward
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Why did some birds survive when dinosaurs went extinct? Molting feathers could hold a clue
Feathers preserved in amber could suggest some ancient birds molted differently than modern birds, …
Jenny McGrath
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Human-caused fires may have contributed to the extinction of saber-toothed cats, dire wolves, and other animals 13,000 years ago
Researchers say fires, possibly set by humans, led to the disappearance of dire wolves, sabertooth …
Jenny McGrath
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Dinosaurs dying off might not have be been the biggest mass extinction on Earth
Rocks found in Canada indicate that there might have been an even larger mass extinction befor…
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Scientists claim they've found a perfectly preserved dinosaur fossil killed when the mass extinction asteroid hit the earth 66 million years ago
Dinosaur fossils found at Tanis in North Dakota are believed to date back to the mass extinction ev…
Marianne Guenot,Alia Shoaib
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Not an asteroid but massive volcanic eruptions in India might have set off mass extinction 66 million years ago
"For the first time, we can provide insights into the distinct climatic and environmental …
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NASA collaborates with SpinLaunch to test an innovative mass accelerator launch system — a slingshot to send payloads to space
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has joined hands to send a payload by using a …
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The Buffalo mass shooting is just the latest attack connected to a racist but growing theory that says white people are being replaced by people of color
The "Great Replacement" theory has become more mainstream, inspired the Christchurch mosque attacks…
Kelsey Vlamis
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Only 80,000 koalas remain in the world, rendering them 'functionally extinct' - another victim of the 6th mass extinction
A 2011 study reported that koala populations in inland regions of Queensland and New South Wales de…
