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Deep-sea microbes are adapting to global warming by reducing their use of iron and altering global marine chemistry.

The latest clues hint at where pterosaurs — the first vertebrates to fly — came from, how they evolved, what they ate and more.

In 1908, oil was first struck in the Middle East when a gusher sprayed 24 meters (80 feet) into the air at Masjid Suleiman in ...