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Scientists discover places on the moon where it’s always ‘sweater weather’

People could potentially live and work in lunar pits and caves with steady temperatures in the 60s. Future human explorers on the moon might have...

Every bird has some dinosaur form, shows study

All baby birds have a moment prior to hatching when their hip bone is a tiny replica of a dinosaur’s pelvis. That’s one of the...

Plesiosaurs weren’t just marine animals, show fossils in Sahara Desert

Fossils of small plesiosaurs, long-necked marine reptiles from the age of dinosaurs, have been found in a 100-million year old river system that is...

Scientists discover Ice Age human footprints in Utah desert

Human footprints believed to date from the end of the last ice age have been discovered on the salt flats of the Air Force’s...

Scientists find recycled glass in floors of 1700 years old luxury Greek villa

Although this 1700 years old luxury villa was excavated and examined both in 1856 and in the 1990s, it still has secrets to reveal. New...

How did Earth avoid a Mars-like fate?

Approximately 1,800 miles beneath our feet, swirling liquid iron in the Earth’s outer core generates our planet’s protective magnetic field. This magnetic field is invisible...

Scientists discover fossil of Tiktaalik’s water-dwelling relative

A meme has been circulating online during the pandemic featuring Tiktaalik roseae, the iconic, four-legged “fishapod” that first made the transition from water to...

Asteroid impacts create diamond materials with exceptionally complex structures

Shockwaves caused by asteroids colliding with Earth create materials with a range of complex carbon structures, which could be used for advancing future engineering...

Scientists create artificial protein that peers into Earth’s chemical past

Scientists have developed an artificial protein that could offer new insights into chemical evolution on early Earth. All cells need energy to survive, but because...

New study reveals the true nature of dark galaxies in the early Universe

Utilizing multiple radio telescopes across the world, astronomers have discovered several galaxies in the early Universe that, due to massive amounts of dust, were...