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Fossil kept in drawer for a century sheds light on tiger-sized dinosaurs with massive claws
The partial skull of a meat-eating predator was discovered about a century ago and acquired by the Natural History Museum in London in 1924.
FOR SUBSCRIBERSOpenAI said it solved hundreds of math problems. The results are dividing mathematicians.
Mathematicians say there could be breakthroughs in the bunch â if verified. 
Margaret Hamilton, who led a software team for NASAâs Apollo program, dies at 90
Hamilton received many awards and accolades, including being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nationâs highest civilian honor, in 2016.
Four return to Earth after eight months in space
SpaceX brought the U.S., French and Russian flyers back with a splashdown in the Pacific off Los Angeles.
Climate change
Over 290,000 in Nepal face extreme flood risk as Himalayan ice melts, study finds
The research was started before the recent disaster that killed at least 1,455 people.
Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai
The Nobel committee hailed the duo for discovering new ways of manipulating chemical reactions.
Record Pacific temps fuel a âsuperâ El NiĂąo with grave global consequences
UNICEF said its analysis suggests hundreds of millions of children could be exposed to dangerous conditions as a result of the climate pattern.
Francis Halzen wins physics Nobel for South Pole high-energy neutrino discoveries
The Nobel Committee credited the Belgian-born physicist, 82, for his work capturing neutrinos at the South Pole dating to the 1980s.
FOR SUBSCRIBERSâThings the average pilot avoidsâ: Why NASA has been sending planes into âfire cloudsâ
The mission, which began this summer, sent planes into pyrocumulonimbus clouds to study the unique thunderstorms.
Europe
3 scientists win Nobel Prize in medicine for unlocking the brainâs mysteries
The trio won the prize for their groundbreaking method that allows researchers to turn nerve cells on and off.
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Global tech policymakers agree to embrace AI in science
A joint statement issued by the U.S. and 15 other countries touts the technologyâs potential to accelerate scientific progress.
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