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Scientists determine explosive new mass extinction event 232 million years ago
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Sep 22, 2020
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Did a devastating supernova detonation cause the Devonian mass extinction?
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Aug 23, 2020
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New simulation reveals how dino-killing asteroid smacked Earth at the perfect extinction angle
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May 28, 2020
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466 million years ago, a huge asteroid impact helped life on Earth be fruitful and multiply
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Sep 24, 2019
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Pop-up bestiary book peers into the post-apocalypse
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Oct 13, 2018
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Examining the real science behind Avengers: Age of Ultron
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Did the dinosaur-killer asteroid have an accomplice? Evidence is… mounting.
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There could be an epic mass extinction in the not-so-far future
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