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Astronomy

30 years later, supernova 1987A is still sharing secrets

The 1987 explosion of a star near the Milky Way 30 years ago set off years of fascinating findings.

Paleontology

With dinosaurs out of the way, mammals had a chance to thrive

The animals that lived through the great extinction event had a range of survival strategies to get them through.

Life

Some lucky birds escaped dino doomsday

Dino doomsday took out early birds too, but a lucky few survived.

Earth

Devastation detectives try to solve dinosaur disappearance

Dinosaurs and others faced massive losses 66 million years ago from an asteroid impact, volcanic eruptions or maybe a mix of the two.