‘Demon ducks of doom’ laid huge prehistoric eggs
A unique duck-like line of megafauna known as the “demon ducks of doom” were the rightful mothers of giant prehistoric eggs in Australia, according...
Mass gatherings like Burning Man have lasting transformative effects, shows Yale study
Throughout history, mass gatherings such as collective rituals, ceremonies, and pilgrimages have created intense social bonds and feelings of unity in human societies.
But Yale...
Scientists find new way to check dinosaurs’ temperature
A Yale-led research team has turned up the heat on dinosaur metabolism — establishing that the earliest dinosaurs and pterosaurs had exceptionally high metabolic...
Scientists find ancient bird behind giant eggs ate by Australians around 50,000 years ago
Scientists settle debate surrounding 'Thunder bird' species, and whether its eggs were exploited by early Australian people around 50,000 years ago.
Proteins extracted from fragments...
New study reveals the chaotic early phase of our solar system
Before the Earth and other planets formed, the young sun was still surrounded by cosmic gas and dust.
Over the millennia, rock fragments of various...
Archaeologists reconstruct an ancient Aryan bow
A unique compound bow from the Bronze Age nearly 2 meters tall was reconstructed from authentic materials by SUSU specialists as part of an...
What caused this prehistoric shark’s massive toothache
Did the world’s largest prehistoric shark need an orthodontist, or did it just have a bad lunch?
Researchers from North Carolina State University and the...
In the new Europe, ‘neutrality is no longer an option’
The invasion of Ukraine continues to backfire on Russia politically.
Instead of weakening Western alliances, as Russian President Vladimir Putin had hoped, the war has...
Scientists detect an explosion on a white dwarf dead star
When stars like our Sun use up all their fuel, they shrink to form white dwarfs.
Sometimes such dead stars flare back to life in...
Wyoming had tropically hot temperatures 95 million years ago, shows study
A new Michigan study found the shallow sea that covered much of western North America 95 million years ago was as warm as today’s...