Based on the novel by The Martian author Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary stars Ryan Gosling as a school teacher dispatched to save Earth's sun from dying.

A bumpy snailfish, Andean mouse opossum and ancient sea cow were just some of the many species described in 2025.

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They drew with crayons, possibly fed on maggots and maybe even kissed us: Forty millenniums later, our ancient human cousins ...

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