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A 319-million-year-old brain has been discovered.  It may be the oldest of its kind

A 319-million-year-old brain has been discovered. It may be the oldest of its kind

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe With news of amazing discoveries, scientific advances and more. CNN – A scan of a 319-million-year-old fossilized skull fish It led to the discovery of the oldest example of a well-preserved vertebrate brain, shedding new light on the early evolution of bony fishes. The …

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Why more physicists are beginning to think that space and time are "illusions"

Why more physicists are beginning to think that space and time are “illusions”

Last December, the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded for the experimental confirmation of a quantum phenomenon known for more than 80 years: entanglement. As conceived by Albert Einstein and his collaborators in 1935, quantum objects can be mysteriously related even if they are separated by great distances. But as bizarre as the phenomenon sounds, …

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A green comet is moving out of our way, last visited 50,000 years ago

A green comet is moving out of our way, last visited 50,000 years ago

Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP) — Comet streaks have traced our way back 50,000 years later. Dirty Snowball was last visited during the days of Neanderthals, according to NASA. It will come within 26 million miles (42 million kilometers) of Earth on Wednesday before speeding away again, and is unlikely to return for millions of years. …

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A green comet is moving out of our way, last visited 50,000 years ago

A green comet is moving out of our way, last visited 50,000 years ago

Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP) — Comet streaks have traced our way back 50,000 years later. Dirty Snowball was last visited during the days of Neanderthals, according to NASA. It will come within 26 million miles (42 million kilometers) of Earth on Wednesday before speeding away again, and is unlikely to return for millions of years. …

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Relatives of cat-sized primates lived in the Arctic 52 million years ago

Relatives of cat-sized primates lived in the Arctic 52 million years ago

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news of amazing discoveries, scientific advances, and more. CNN – An analysis of fossils unearthed in Canada’s far north has revealed that two previously unknown species of ancient close primates lived above the Arctic Circle about 52 million years ago, according to new …

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The study suggests that the recently identified inflammatory disease Vicksas syndrome may be more common than previously thought

The study suggests that the recently identified inflammatory disease Vicksas syndrome may be more common than previously thought

CNN – David Adams spent half a decade battling a disease he couldn’t name. He was in and out of the hospital several times a year. His sore knuckles made his hands feel as if they had been squeezed into gauntlets – and he could no longer play his beloved classical and jazz guitars. He …

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