A massive kraken-like octopus may have prowled the seas during the age of dinosaurs

The top predator prowling the seas during the age of the dinosaurs 100 million years ago may have been an octopus.

'Cretaceous Kraken' prowled the seas during the age of dinosaurs

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, April 23 (Reuters) - The Kraken is a huge tentacled sea monster from Norse folklore that drags ...

Scientists discover how the Twelve Apostles were formed—and their real age

Scientists at the University of Melbourne have uncovered for the first time how Australia's iconic Twelve Apostles were ...
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NASA's Curiosity rover finds a surprising number of giant 'dragon scales' littered across Mars

NASA's Curiosity rover snapped a series of peculiar polygons that look suspiciously like giant fossilized reptile scales.

In Eastern Africa, the cradle of humankind is tearing apart

Eastern Africa's Turkana Rift is both a hotbed for fossil discoveries of our earliest ancestors and a literal hotbed of ...
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World approves $80m for Malawi’s local governance improvement

WASHINGTON-(MaraviPost)-The World Bank Group has approved an $80 million (about MK140.08 billion) grant to support Malawi in strengthening local governance and improving public se ...
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Dinosaurs did not go extinct: Interesting facts people have heard

Bored Panda can be used for a lot of things. Education is one. Facts are fun to learn.
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Neanderthal toddlers grew faster than modern humans, possibly due to the cold climate

A new study of a Neanderthal toddler reveals that our closest evolutionary relatives' growth patterns differed from those of ...