The oldest animal life on Earth was discovered in Canada: 890 million years old
That's a lot of "million years ago".
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If civilization collapses, researchers say, try to be in one of these five countries
Let’s hope the scenario stays hypothetical.
The International Space Station was briefly knocked out of position by a Russian module
Everybody is fine and we've put it back in place.
What is gravitational lensing — and how it helped prove Einstein right
Massive objects become the astrophysicists’ extra lenses.
We might have discovered the oldest animal fossils yet in the Canadian Northwest
Now we need to confirm that these were indeed sea sponges.
What is the world’s deepest cave?
Time to meet the 'Everest of the deep'.
Sydney extends lockdown for another month as coronavirus cases keep mounting
Low vaccination rates have plunged Australia's cities into repeated lockdowns.
Dementia cases estimated to triple worldwide by 2050, as populations and average age increase
Sometimes, we do have to suffer for our success.
Why a coral reef doesn’t have legal rights and other questions we should be asking
A book on coral reefs you don't want to miss out on.
A lab experiment shows that we could engineer malaria-carrying mosquitoes to kill themselves off
Not the kindest thing to do, probably, but it's still a cool idea.