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Lidar Uncovers Hundreds of Lost Maya and Olmec Ruins

[ad_1] An airborne lidar survey recently revealed hundreds of long-lost Maya and Olmec ceremonial sites in southern Mexico. The 32,800-square-mile…

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Climate-Driven Extinction Made Mammals’ Teeth Less Weird

[ad_1] Earth was warmer 34 million years ago—and wonkier. The Pangea supercontinent had split up. The dinosaurs were long gone.…

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The Long-Lost Tale of an 18th-Century Tsunami, as Told by Trees

[ad_1] And trees don’t forget. In the 1990s, researchers identified a “ghost forest” of dead cedars near the Washington coast;…

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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Drills a Mars Rock on Its Second Attempt

[ad_1] As the Perseverance rover drilled into a rock on Wednesday to collect a sample from Jezero Crater on Mars,…

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A Mammoth Tusk Reveals a Woolly (and Unprecedented) Tale

[ad_1] “That was very surprising to me,” says Bataille of these ranges, which were much larger than he’d expected. “It…

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The Race to Save St. Mark’s Basilica From Salty Floodwaters

[ad_1] Rising sea level means that the tides are starting from a higher baseline, explains Jane da Mosto, an environmental…

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