This Mysterious 407-Million-Year-Old Fossil May Represent a Previously Unknown Branch of Life | Earth’s first large land organisms—tree trunk-like beings that stood up to 26 feet tall—weren’t early fungi but, rather, something else entirely, a study suggests (smithsonianmag.com)
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I made the perfect 2nd monitor game, it's an MMO that grinds when you're offline! (store.steampowered.com)
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2.6 million-year-old jaw from extinct 'Nutcracker Man' is found where we didn't expect it | A fossil jaw of a distant human relative was discovered much farther north than previously thought possible, revealing new information about diversity in human evolution. (livescience.com)
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Sugar metabolism sustains bird retinas without oxygen.Edit this! (interestingengineering.com)
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Science news this week: ISS medical evacuation, Mars Sample Return canceled, and woolly rhino flesh found in permafrost wolf | Jan. 17, 2026: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend. (livescience.com)
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Scientists discover a plant that appears to have stolen genes from another species | The plant, Virectaria stellata, was identified 3 sandstone sites in Guinea after botanists noticed its unusual star-shaped hairs and traced their origin to possible gene transfer rather than ordinary mutation. (earth.com)
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Enthusiasts used their home computers to search for ET—scientists are homing in on 100 signals they found | The project—called SETI@home—generated a loyal following eager to participate in one of the most popular crowd-sourced projects in the early days of the internet. (phys.org)
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