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The footprints were left around 200 million years ago, when small dinosaurs walked along or across an Australian waterway. (Image (Image Credit: Anthony Romilio, The University of Queensland)

Three-Toed Dinosaur Tracks from a School in Australia 

Learn more about the schoolyard dinosaur discovery, which found 200-million-year-old fossilized footprints on a boulder from Australia’s Early Jurassic period hiding in plain sight. 

66 Dinosaur Footprints Found on Rock at an Australian High School

Lightning striking the ocean

Learn more about how these experiments show that those small electrical charges can trigger the chemical reactions necessary to form organic molecules.

Tiny Bolts of Lightning Produced by Water Droplets May Have Sparked Life on Earth 

(Image Credit: shuttertim82/Shutterstock) 

Trees in the forest photosynthesizing

Learn how replicating the natural process plants use to create their own food from sun and water could ease some environmental issues.

Scientists Take Key Step in Mimicking Photosynthesis  

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