Newly-hatched pterosaurs may have been able to fly, shows study
Newly-hatched pterosaurs may have been able to fly but their flying abilities may have been different from adult pterosaurs, according to a new study.
Pterosaurs...
Scientists discover 15,000-year-old viruses in Tibetan glacier ice
Most of the viruses were previously unknown to humans, study finds.
Scientists who study glacier ice have found viruses nearly 15,000 years old in two...
The forecast said it would be 90 degrees. So why does your thermometer say...
The weather forecast says it’s going to be hot.
Air temperatures are projected to soar into the high 90s or even reach the 100s. But...
Producing clean energy can diminish earthquake risk, shows study
In the months following the July 5, 2019 magnitude-7.1 earthquake in Ridgecrest, California, seismologists recorded thousands of aftershocks in the region.
Surprisingly, none were...
Earth’s cryosphere shrinking by an area of Lake Superior every year
The global cryosphere--all of the areas with frozen water on Earth--shrank by about 87,000 square kilometers (about 33,000 square miles), an area about the...
Dinosaurs were in decline before the final extinction, shows study
The death of the dinosaurs 66 million years ago was caused by the impact of a huge asteroid on the Earth.
However, palaeontologists have continued...
How lead (maybe) caused the downfall of ancient Rome
Ancient Rome's emperors did some pretty bizarre stuff -- bursting into uncontrollable fits of laughter, appointing a horse as a priest, dressing in animal...
Earth has a ‘pulse’ every 27.5 million years, shows study
Geologic activity on Earth appears to follow a 27.5-million-year cycle, giving the planet a “pulse,” researchers report.
“Many geologists believe that geological events are random...
‘Dragon man’ fossil may replace Neanderthals as our closest relative
A near-perfectly preserved ancient human fossil known as the Harbin cranium sits in the Geoscience Museum in Hebei GEO University.
The largest of known Homo...
Multiple dinosaur species not only lived in the Arctic, they also nested there
In the 1950s, researchers made the first unexpected discoveries of dinosaur remains at frigid polar latitudes.
Now, researchers reporting in the journal Current Biology have...