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This is what happens when you die, according to people who died: ‘I saw my own unconscious body’

Many of their accounts align with a recent scientific study into the subject

World’s largest triceratops skeleton sells for $7.7mn at Paris auction house

‘Big John’ has made it to the Guinness World Records as the largest known triceratops skeleton

Why No Tusks? Poaching Tips Scales Of Elephant Evolution

Researchers say years of civil war and poaching in Mozambique have led to a greater proportion of elephants that will never develop tusks.

Fish Found With Parasite That Eats Its Tongue And Then Becomes Its Tongue

The tongue-eating louse is the only known example of a parasite replacing an organ of its host.

Plastics Will Create More Climate Pollution Than Coal In U.S. By 2030, New Study Finds

It's widely understood that plastics litter the oceans and kill animals. But its huge and growing impact on global warming has evaded public scrutiny.

Vikings reached America 500 years before Christopher Columbus, study claims

Scientists looked at chopped wood in L’Anse aux Meadows, which has been linked to a Nordic settlement dating back to c 1000AD

Nasa’s asteroid missions could reveal our origins and help save us

Nasa’s exploration of asteroids will teach us a lot about ourselves, not to mention having economic benefits and potentially saving us from a collision, writes Gareth Dorrian

Scientists find prehistoric crab trapped in amber for 100 million years

The crab has been named Cretapsara athanata which means ‘immortal spirit of the clouds and waters’

Groundbreaking New Test Brings Pig-To-Human Kidney Transplants A Step Closer

A modified pig kidney temporarily attached to a human body showed no signs of rejection.

How does depression and anxiety affect the body?

Jane E. Brody finds out that we don’t talk enough about how depression can lead to chronic disease

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