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Paleontology: Early Mammals and Birds
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Dinosaur faces and feet may have popped with color - Dinosaur Faces and Feet May Have Popped with Color      (via sciencedaily.com) 

A study finds that there is a 50 percent chance that the common ancestor of birds and dinosaurs had...

Space: Structures and Features
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Astronomers confirm star wreck as source of extreme cosmic particles - Astronomers Confirm Star Wreck as Source of Extreme Cosmic Particles      (via sciencedaily.com) 

NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope confirms one supernova remnant as a launch site for some of o...

Mathematics: Statistics
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Statistical oversight could explain inconsistencies in nutritional research - Statistical Oversight Could Explain Inconsistencies in Nutritional Research      (via sciencedaily.com) 

People often wonder why one nutritional study tells them that eating too many eggs, for instance, wi...

Space: The Solar System
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Middle-aged sun observed by tracking motion of Mercury - Middle-Aged Sun Observed by Tracking Motion of Mercury      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Like the waistband of a couch potato in midlife, the orbits of planets in our solar system are expan...

Space: The Solar System
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New Mercury surface composition maps illuminate the planet's history - New Mercury Surface Composition Maps Illuminate the Planet's History      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Scientists have created global-scale maps of Mercury's surface chemistry that reveal previously unre...

Space: The Solar System
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Why Uranus and Neptune are different colors - Why Uranus and Neptune are Different Colors      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Astronomers may now understand why the similar planets Uranus and Neptune are different colors. Rese ...

Space: The Solar System
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Uranus may have two undiscovered moons - Uranus May Have Two Undiscovered Moons      (via sciencedaily.com) 

NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft flew by Uranus 30 years ago, but researchers are still making discoverie...

Space: Structures and Features Space: The Solar System
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Why Venus rotates, slowly, despite sun's powerful grip - Why Venus Rotates Slowly Despite Sun's Powerful Grip      (via sciencedaily.com) 

If not for the soupy, fast-moving atmosphere on Venus, Earth's sister planet would likely not rotate...

Space: The Solar System
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Solar storms trigger Jupiter's 'northern lights' - Solar Storms Trigger Jupiter's 'Northern Lights'      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Solar storms trigger Jupiter's intense 'Northern Lights' by generating a new X-ray aurora that is ei...

Space: The Solar System
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Saturn's largest moon, Titan, may offer insights for Earth - Saturn's Largest Moon, Titan, May Offer Insights for Earth      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Scientists studying the weather and climate of Titan, Saturn's largest moon, have reported a signifi...

Space: The Solar System
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Saturn's icy rings are as old as the solar system itself, study suggests - Saturn's Icy Rings: A Timeless Wonder of the Solar System      (via sciencedaily.com) 

No one knows for certain when Saturn's iconic rings formed, but a new study suggests that they are m...

Space: The Solar System
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Curious tilt of the Sun traced to undiscovered planet - Curious Tilt of the Sun Traced to Undiscovered Planet      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Planet Nine the undiscovered planet at the edge of the solar system appears to be responsible for th...

Space: The Solar System
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Comet collisions every six seconds explain 17-year-old stellar mystery - Comet Collisions Every Six Seconds Explain 17-Year-Old Stellar Mystery      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Every six seconds, for many millions of years, comets have been colliding near a star visible to the...