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Researchers debate if Neanderthals really had high-pitched voices or if they were able to speak at all.

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NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory detects X-ray emissions from astronomical events.

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Australian excavation expands the monotreme family, paints picture of a landscape dominated by furry, egg-laying mammals.