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In the long shadow of the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs, life appears to have bounced back with surprising speed. A new analysis of sedimentation rates suggests that the first wave of marine ...

Some might think that heavy rainfall is the driving force behind a superbloom, but the biggest factor may be the plants themselves. Now, scientists at the La Jolla-based Salk Institute for Biological ...

In 1956, you could sail along the highway listening to phonograph records. Peter Goldmark, inventor of the microgroove 331/3-rpm LP, developed a micro-microgroove 7-inch disc that spun at 162/3 rpm.

LIVIGNO, Italy — Yuto Totsuka won Olympic gold Friday night by spinning four times in the air, flipping three times over his board and landing a run so dense with difficulty that there was hardly a ...

TORONTO — A defence lawyer representing businessman Frank Stronach in his Toronto sexual assault trial is suggesting a complainant's narrative of what happened has evolved with time. Leora Shemesh is ...

(BPT) - In the rolling foothills of the Ouachita Mountains, Oaklawn Hot Springs has evolved into something far bigger than its storied racing roots. Long synonymous with the thrill of Thoroughbred ...

While there are still pockets of Old Austin found within the neighborhood, it's also undergone staggering change in recent years alongside other parts of the Central Texas tech hub amid rampant growth ...