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When Ella al-Shamahi went to college, she thought she'd be able to prove Darwin's theory of evolution was wrong. Instead, she was convinced the science was right.

Life’s origin story just became even more mysterious. Using mathematics and information theory, Robert G. Endres of Imperial ...

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Long baleen whale mothers are more likely to have female calves than males, according to a new study led by the University of Washington. The findings contradict a popular evolutionary hypothesis ...

Conservative activist Charlie Kirk's death last week sparked reactions across the country, but not all of them are accurate. Social media has been flooded with false claims about how athletes ...

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