Botswana Science News API

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            "title": "Colossal prehistoric creatures once “ruled the oceans”. Now see them close-up at the Natural History Museum’s new London exhibition",
            "description": "Jurassic Oceans: Monsters of the Deep is a new exhibition coming to the Natural History Museum this spring",
            "content": "Come face-to-face (or, face-to-fossil) with prehistoric ocean predators in an upcoming exhibition from London’s Natural History Museum.\nJurassic Oceans: Monsters of the Deep opens on Friday 22 May – just in time for the school holidays.\nTeeth from a ... [1581 chars]",
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            "title": "Cacti evolve new species faster than scientists expected",
            "description": "Scientists discover that fast-changing cactus flowers, not size or pollinators, are behind the rapid evolution of new cactus species.",
            "content": "A cactus on a windowsill feels like the definition of patience: slow growth, little change, just quietly doing its thing. But a new study argues that the cactus family is anything but slow in evolutionary terms.\nResearchers at the University of Readi... [6233 chars]",
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            "title": "Study uncovers the feeding secrets of sharks 5 million years ago",
            "description": "A new study analysing two fossilised whale skulls from around 5 million years ago has revealed fragments of sharks’ teeth lodged inside them. This provides rare evidence of how sharks fed on whales in north European waters in prehistoric times.",
            "content": "A new study analysing two fossilised whale skulls from around 5 million years ago has revealed fragments of sharks’ teeth lodged inside them. This provides rare evidence of how sharks fed on whales in north European waters in prehistoric times.\nThe s... [3317 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1120373",
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