Fossil carbon burned by asteroid impact may have killed all dinosaurs
An asteroid impact 66 million years ago may have released trillions of pounds of partially burned fossil carbon into Earth’s upper atmosphere as a...
Scientists discover the oldest monkey fossils outside Africa
Scientists find three 6.4 million years old monkey fossils in a lignite mine in southeastern Yunan Province, China.
This indicates monkeys existed in Asia at...
Scientists unlock the secrets of near-Earth asteroid Bennu
Scientists now know much more about the material NASA's first asteroid sample return mission will be collecting in just a few weeks.
In a special...
Toothless dinosaur’s lost digits point to spread of parrot-like species
A newly discovered species of toothless, two-fingered dinosaur has shed light on how a group of parrot-like animals thrived more than 68 million years...
Why more hospital visits occur just before a thunderstorm
Analyzing data from Medicare and the National Weather Service confirms that more people, particularly older people with respiratory illness, make more hospital visits on...
Scientist find a new mass extinction
It's not often a new mass extinction is identified; after all, such events were so devastating they really stand out in the fossil record.
In...
Scientists discover world’s oldest animal sperm in Myanmar amber
Scientists find the world's oldest animal sperm inside a tiny crustacean trapped in amber around 100 million years ago in Myanmar.
The research team, led...
Did our early ancestors boil their food in hot springs?
The proximity of hot springs to early settlements have led researchers to wonder if early humans used hot springs as a cooking resource long...
Scientists reveal the true size of prehistoric giant shark Megalodon
A new study led by the University of Bristol and Swansea University has revealed the size of the legendary giant shark Megalodon, including fins...
We finally know how cold the last ice age was
Researchers have nailed down the temperature of the last ice age, known as the Last Glacial Maximum of 20,000 years ago, to about 46...