Bird brains left other dinosaurs behind 66 million years ago, shows study
Today, being “birdbrained” means forgetting where you left your keys or wallet.
But 66 million years ago, it may have meant the difference between life...
Scientists take Earth’s inner temperature using erupted sea glass
If the Earth’s oceans were drained completely, they would reveal a massive chain of undersea volcanoes snaking around the planet.
This sprawling ocean ridge system...
Some Cretaceous dinosaurs lived in extreme heat, shows study
In dinosaurs’ heyday in the late Cretaceous Period roughly 78 million years ago, Earth’s climate was both warmer and more varied than what we...
Scientists use seismic data to look inside Mars for the first time
Since early 2019, researchers have been recording and analyzing marsquakes as part of the InSight mission.
This relies on a seismometer whose data acquisition and...
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...