Map users in the U.S. will see the new name, while users in other parts of the world will see both when looking at the waters bordering the southern U.S.

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A perfectly preserved ancient tree fossil offered scientists an unprecedented view into a moment 42,000 years ago when the Earth’s magnetic field went haywire. The compelling 2021 study tells the ...

The ancient scroll, which looks like a lump of charcoal, was charred by the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD. It's ...

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Researchers have extracted ancient proteins from australopithecine fossils and determined whether they were male or female — a first for human evolution studies.