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Even megalodon babies needed nurseries to survive

To look back into shark evolutionary history, paleontologists analyzed the fossilized teeth of these ancient predators

Produced in partnership with Science Friday

How did birds become birds? An interview with Jingmai O'Connor

The paleontologist and soon-to-be curator at the Field Museum on excavations, being a party animal, and imposter syndrome

Meet Merit-Ptah, the ancient Egyptian doctor who didn't exist

Though created by accident, her story fit neatly with burgeoning 20th century feminism