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Larry Niven is the Hugo and Nebula award-winning author of books including the Ringworld series. He was named a Grand Master ...

The results indicate that having a wider pelvis reduces the risk of complications during birth, but results in slower walking ...

A fossil jawbone found by fishers in the Taiwan Strait has extended the known range of ancient Denisovan people thousands of ...

Diamonds formed in Earth’s lower mantle contain tiny flecks of minerals that are helping us understand the inner workings of our planet ...

There have been several claims of quantum computers performing at a level impossible to match with a classical computer – ...

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Diamonds formed in Earth’s lower mantle contain tiny flecks of minerals that are helping us understand the inner workings of our planet ...