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Smoke-dried remains found in Asia may be world's oldest mummies -- Some ancient societies in Asia appear to have smoke-dried their dead, effectively mummifying them thousands of years earlier than their Egyptian counterparts, new research has found.

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The significance of Mars rover's latest discovery -- This week, NASA said scientists took the biggest step yet toward discovering whether there was ever life on Mars when a rock sample collected by the Mars rover Perseverance contained potential biosignatures, which could suggest ancient signs of life. Douglas Jerolmack, a professor of Earth and environmental science at the University of Pennsylvania, discusses the significance of the discovery.

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Mars rocks may hold signs of ancient life -- NASA's Mars rover Perseverance has uncovered rocks in a dry river channel that may hold potential signs of ancient microscopic life, according to scientists. Mark Strassmann reports.

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Mars rover uncovers strongest hints yet of potential signs of ancient life -- NASA's Mars rover Perseverance has uncovered rocks in a dry river channel that may hold potential signs of ancient microscopic life.

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Iguana shocks zookeepers with "virgin birth" of 8 hatchlings -- "When we confirmed the eggs were fertile without any contact with a male, our jaws hit the floor," a U.K. zoo director said after an iguana gave birth to eight healthy babies.

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Northern lights might be visible across 18 states tonight -- People in 18 U.S. states could see the green or red glow of the aurora in the sky Monday night into Tuesday.

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"Punk rocker" dinosaur had long spikes, newly discovered fossils show -- "Spicomellus is one of the strangest dinosaurs that we've ever discovered," the project's leader said.

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Village swallowed by the sea 8,500 years ago found off Denmark -- Divers have collected evidence of a Stone Age settlement lost to rising seas after the last ice age from the seabed off Denmark's coast.

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World's first commercial carbon storage facility gets first CO2 injection -- The first commercial carbon storage facility has been inaugurated off Norway's coast, but is storing CO2 deep under the seabed really the answer?

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U.S. scientists work to preserve vulnerable species at a Smithsonian lab -- Experts at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute care for endangered species on 32,000 sprawling acres in Northern Virginia.

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