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The world's oldest and most primitive duck-billed dinosaur, dating back more than 95.5 million years, has been discovered by a paleontologist at Southern Methodist University.

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Southern Methodist University geophysicists, using the latest in seismic technology, have discovered a large blob of concentrated matter deep within the earth that may provide clues to better understanding of geological activities on our planet's surface.

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Researchers from Southern Methodist University have offered an explanation for one of the longstanding questions in geology: why "hot spots" on the Earth's surface are located where they are.

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In recent years, propositions that might appear to discriminate against Latinos have been placed on ballots across the country. While some people try to stop such initiatives at the ballot box, a Southern Methodist University Law Professor believes there is another way to stop them: in the courts.

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Rare and often sentimental insights into the lives of ordinary Spanish-colonial women living between 1770 and 1820 were unearthed by an American history scholar at Southern Methodist University, who has prepared a study on the wills of 20 women from San Esteban de Nueva Tlaxcala, a frontier settlement in northern Mexico.

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Researchers from Southern Methodist University have published an account of how the tooth replacement system in modern mammals may have come about.

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Ancient lunar ice indicates the moon's axis slowly shifted by 125 miles, or 6 degrees, over 1 billion years. Earth's moon now a member of solar system's exclusive 'true polar wander' club, which includes just a handful of other planetary bodies

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Rare religious artifact found at ancient temple site in Italy is from lost culture fundamental to western traditions.

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Analysis of exploding star's light curve and color spectrum reveal spectacular demise of one of the closest supernova to Earth in recent years; its parent star was so big it's radius was 200 times larger than our sun.

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Pawpawsaurus's hearing wasn't keen, and it lacked the infamous tail club of Ankylosaurus. But first-ever CT scans of Pawpawsaurus's skull indicate the dino's saving grace from predators may have been an acute sense of smell.