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Li Sixuan, a Shenzhen Beauty Queen, Jailed for Using Fake Columbia Degree to Enter University of Hong Kong
by Mikel Davisby Mikel DavisLi Sixuan, a 28-year-old woman from Shenzhen and former regional winner of the Miss Universe China pageant, has …
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‘Super Antibodies’ for Snake Toxins: How a Dangerous DIY Experiment Helped Scientists Make a New Antivenom
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesScientists in the United States have created a new snake antivenom using the blood of a man who …
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Fossil Teeth Show Extinct Giant Kangaroos Spent Their Lives Close to Home — and Perished When the Climate Changed
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesLarge kangaroos today roam long distances across the outback, often surviving droughts by moving in mobs to find …
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Space
Scientists Claim to Have Found Evidence of Alien Life. But ‘Biosignatures’ Might Hide More Than They Reveal
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesWhether or not we’re alone in the universe is one of the biggest questions in science. A recent …
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Space
Twinkling Star Reveals the Shocking Secrets of Turbulent Plasma in Our Cosmic Neighborhood
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesWith the most powerful radio telescope in the Southern Hemisphere, we have observed a twinkling star and discovered …
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A Secret Mathematical Rule Has Shaped the Beaks of Birds and Other Dinosaurs for 200 Million Years
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesBird beaks come in almost every shape and size — from the straw-like beak of a hummingbird to …
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A 380-Million-Year-Old Fossil ‘Fish’ From Scotland Has Been Discovered in Australia
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesQueensland is renowned for its fossils of Australia’s largest back-boned animals — dinosaurs, of course, like the Jurassic …
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3.5 Kilometers Underwater, Scientists Found a Staggeringly Energetic Particle From Outer Space
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesThree and a half kilometers beneath the Mediterranean Sea, around 80 km off the coast of Sicily, lies …
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Space
The Nullarbor is Riddled With Wombat and Rabbit Warrens. Scientists Are Watching Them From Space
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesOn the vast expanse of the Nullarbor Plain in South Australia, two very different creatures, wombats and rabbits, …