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Viking explorers brought unlikely pillagers with them

After analyzing the mitochondrial DNA from Viking age and modern-day mice found in Iceland, Greenland and eastern Canada, an international team of researchers have found mice colonized the islands, alongside the Vikings.

Portrait of a deadly encounter

A small fish found in the pterosaur's throat may be what led to the deadly – and surprisingly common – encounter between the flying dinosaur and the predator fish.

Rare octopus behaviour caught on camera!

When Ginger Morneu took her brother to Victoria’s Ogden Point, she wanted to show him the best of the City – apparently, this giant pacific octopus wanted to plead a case too. 

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Ötzi's entire genome sequenced for the first time

An international team of researchers has sequenced the entire genome of the Tyrolean Iceman, uncovering a plethora of information about his ancestry, identity and his health – he’s even stepped into record books as the oldest documented case of lyme disease in humans.

Gairdner award winners announced

The winners have helped us to better understand how our body clock ticks, what drives spinal cord development, how our immune systems work and ways we can give it a boost.

World's largest brain study publishes first results

Known as ENIGMA ,the project pools data from more than 200 researchers, at more than 100 institutions, worldwide.

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Syrian settlements mapped from space

Using images snapped by NASA’s Terra satellite, researchers from Harvard and MIT have mapped more than 14,000 archaeological settlements across northeastern Syria.

Ötzi's red blood cells recovered by researchers

Using cool laser technology, researchers have actually recovered individual red blood cells from the Tyrolean Iceman – the oldest red blood cells ever recovered!


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