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New drone-assisted 3D model offers a more accurate way to date dinosaur fossils
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Microbes awaken
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While testing a robotic drill on Ellesmere Island at the Eureka weather station, McGill polar biologist Lyle Whyte discovered samples of about 60 different types of microbes that had lain dormant for 20,000 years, some at -16ºC.
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