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One of the most crucial points in evolution has been particularly badly recorded in the fossil record, but some questions are ...

Microbes within the material help preserve the bones in amazing detail.

On June 29, after almost 18 years, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN was shut down in its current iteration for the ...

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The planet is larger than Jupiter and orbits a white dwarf the size of Earth.

Spotting two Magnapinna squid at once is quite exceptional.

The seat of consciousness may be found in primitive brain structures.

Gross? Maybe, but they are highly effective.

Throughout history, tales of strange creatures lurking in the forests and oceans have turned out to be true. But don't go getting ideas about Bigfoot.

The Adriatic Sea, the strip of water between the Italian Peninsula and the Balkans, is one of the world's most overfished seas, leaving natural prey stocks severely depleted. It w ...

In that vein, IFLScience recently attended the launch of Smithsonian Starstruck, an immersive experience developed in collaboration with the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. The virtual reality ...