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‘Hell-heron’ dinosaur discovered in the central Sahara

A UChicago-led team unearthed ‘Spinosaurus mirabilis,’ a fish-eating giant and the first new species of its kind in a century, where nothing like it was thought to exist

Scientists unearth 2.6-million-year-old hominin fossil in Ethiopia

Lower jaw of Paranthropus, discovered by UChicago-led team, reshapes understanding of early hominins

UChicago paleontologists unveil duck-billed dinosaur ‘mummies’

66 million-year-old fossils preserved in muddy badlands of Wyoming featured scales, spikes and hooves

Eating more fruits and veggies could help you sleep better

New research from UChicago Medicine finds improvements for ‘sleep fragmentation’

Study examines how laughing gas could treat depression

UChicago Medicine research finds promise in common anesthetic used for centuries

Making prosthetic limbs feel more real with brain-computer interfaces

UChicago scientists are making major progress on a technology designed to give nuanced “feeling” to prosthetic hands, by delivering gentle electrical stimulation to the brain.