Montana-class super battleships would have been nice-to-have assets for the U.S. Navy fleet during World War II and beyond. In a world of unbounded resources, that is.

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During the Carboniferous Period, Earth's atmospheric oxygen levels surged, helping some plants and animals grow to gigantic ...

Why do some deep-sea creatures grow to such massive sizes? What drives this phenomenon known as deep-sea gigantism? How can understanding what’s going on at the bottom of the sea impact life on Earth?