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Famous fossil feathers. Image: Museum for Naturekunde Fossil feathers found in Germany 159 years ago have returned to the paleontological spotlight, with new research revealing that feathers came like birds. ArcheologyToo much for the ambiguity of dissenting scientists. When out of context, loneliness Feather remains Presents severe headaches for paleontologists. …

Timothy Ray Brown, the so-called “Berlin patient” and the first person to recover from HIV infection, has died at the age of 54. It was recently revealed that he was temporarily ill from a recurrence of leukemia last year. News of his death was announced on Facebook by his partner, …

LONDON – When Lincolnshire Wildlife Park chief executive Steve Nichols was heard by staff swearing in the front room, they went to tell him. But there were no employees in the next room. Only birds. He then realized that the five parrots that migrated to the park that same week …

The title of this beautiful ESA image of the Martian surface is Cappuccino Swirls at the South Pole of Mars. ESA / DLR / FU Berlin / Bill Dunford Be sure to pack arm flotations and a really big exercise when you visit Mars. The whole world of water-filled lakes …

Greenland’s ice has begun to melt faster than at any time in the past 12,000 years, with research showing that sea levels will rise and have a significant effect on ocean currents. According to a paper published in the Natural Journal, the new parameters show any matching of any melting …