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Scientists recently discovered a new member of Tripedaliidae (a family of box jellyfish) living in brackish ponds near Hong Kong. Only 1.5 centimeters in length on average, these new jellyfish have 24 ...

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NEW YORK — If you’ve seen any of the “Ice Age” animated Disney movies, we have some bad news: You don’t know the real ice age. It was an incredible time when the Earth was going through immense ...