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Can you smell bugs? Learn more about how our sense of smell work, and why that can lead some to be able to smell insects.

Discover why Antarctica no longer has lush forests with giant ferns and how ancient fires fueled intense volcanic activity.

Learn how a new discovery of a giant planet can help scientists refine their theories of how planets form.

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Dancing dinosaurs? Learn what dinosaur tracks tell us about theropod dance and mating moves.

Learn how starfish got their shape after a complicated evolutionary process, starting with an ancestor that lived 500 million ...

Learn more about the pounding plume of molten rock that’s beneath Ethiopia, forcing its three tectonic plates to separate.

Associated with the infamous King Tut's curse, a deadly spore may now be turned into a potent leukemia treatment.