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Joshua Sokol

Joshua Sokol is a journalist based in Boston.

Joshua Sokol

Joshua Sokol is a journalist based in Boston.

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New mercury compound spotted in mass poisoning

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‘Millennium Falcon’ predator soared across ocean floor at dawn of animal life

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Fossils in Burmese amber offer an exquisite view of dinosaur times—and an ethical minefield

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Latest Stories

New mercury compound spotted in mass poisoning

Mysterious chemical found in dead cat’s brain reopens debate over mercury poisoning disaster

Madagascar's mysterious, murderous cats identified

Madagascar’s mysterious, lemur-eating cats started as ship stowaways

Dust from asteroid breakup veiled and cooled Earth

Podcast: Cooling Earth with asteroid dust, and 3 billion missing birds

Veil of dust from ancient asteroid breakup may have cooled Earth

Fossils show large predator prowled Cambrian sediments

‘Millennium Falcon’ predator soared across ocean floor at dawn of animal life

New tactics clash on speed of expanding universe

Debate intensifies over speed of expanding universe

Troubled treasure

Fossils in Burmese amber offer an exquisite view of dinosaur times—and an ethical minefield

Extinct squid relative entombed in amber for 100 million years

Did our ancient sun go on a diet? Bands of martian rock could solve the ‘faint young sun’ paradox

Exposing the Cambrian

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