How dinosaur extinction helped shape our fruit-eating ancestors
The extinction of giant dinosaurs millions of years ago may have played a big role in shaping the environment that led to the evolution...
Antarctica’s Deception island is the perfect place to practice exploring Mars
It’s not uncommon for space missions to be tested here on planet Earth.
With the plethora of missions that have been sent to Mars it ...
Scientists find way to trace the origins of the Fulani people
The Fulani are one of the largest groups of people in Africa, with a population of over 40 million.
They live across a vast region...
Could satellites help predict volcanic disasters?
In 2018, a powerful eruption at Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano caused a massive landslide, sending a tsunami crashing into the shores of Java and...
Greenland’s ice sheet is melting faster than ever – scientists warn of a critical...
Greenland’s massive ice sheet, which covers more than 1.7 million square kilometers, is the largest freshwater storage in the northern hemisphere. However, this enormous...
Earth’s inner core may be changing shape, new study suggests
Scientists have found new evidence that the Earth’s inner core may be changing over time. A recent study by researchers at the University of...
500-year-old Transylvanian diaries show how the Little Ice Age completely changed life and death...
Scientists have long relied on nature’s archives—glaciers, sediments, and pollen—to reconstruct past climates. However, written records such as diaries, travel notes, and monastery registers...
China Jurassic fossil discovery sheds light on early bird evolution
A team of paleontologists from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) at the Chinese Academy of Sciences has made a groundbreaking discovery...
Earth’s inner core may not be as solid as we thought
A new study by scientists at the University of Southern California (USC) suggests that Earth's inner core might not be as solid as we...
Yes, the odds of an asteroid striking Earth have doubled. No, you don’t need...
At the end of 2024, astronomers detected an asteroid in the night sky.
It was given the designation Y, since it was discovered in the...