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New tyrannosaur that predates the tyrannosaurus-rex discovered in southern Utah
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US crushes its stockpile of elephant ivory
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Space plane poised for key flight test
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Cosmic Pancake Spotted Around Andromeda Galaxy
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20-Year-Old Report Successfully Predicted Warming: Scientists
Time has proven that even 22 years ago climate scientists understood the dynamics behind global warming well enough to accurately…
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