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Good news, the ozone layer hole is continuing to shrink

Climate change is a huge topic and often debated across the world. We continue to burn fossil fuels and ignore our charge toward human driven...

Ancient site linked to King Arthur is 4,000 years older than thought!

A site in Cornwall known as “King Arthur’s Hall” has just been revealed to be much older than previously believed—dating back a remarkable 5,500...

Grand Canyon rocks reveal surprising secrets of ancient life’s big bang

Geologists studying the Cambrian rocks of the Grand Canyon have uncovered exciting new insights that challenge traditional views of Earth’s ancient history. About 500 million...

Ancient dolphin fossil reveals early echolocation abilities 22 million years ago

Researchers have discovered a new species of prehistoric dolphin, revealing that it could hear high-frequency sounds much like modern dolphins. This ancient dolphin, named Romaleodelphis...

Scientists uncover how ancient plesiosaurs used their four flippers to swim

A team of scientists may have finally solved the mystery of how plesiosaurs—ancient marine reptiles with four large flippers—moved through prehistoric oceans. This breakthrough, published...

Did dinosaurs die in ‘Chinese Pompeii’? New study reveals the truth

Around 120 to 130 million years ago, northeast China was home to lush forests, lakes, and an active ecosystem filled with dinosaurs, birds, mammals,...

Why ancient Mesopotamians would have used a sheep’s liver to predict Donald Trump’s election...

I'm standing in a basement kitchen prodding at a sheep's liver, looking for marks on its smooth surface. People crowd around to film the proceedings,...

This is what it sounds like when the Earth’s poles flip

Is there something strange and alien confined deep inside the Earth? Is it trying to break free and escape into the heavens? No, of course...

Cold, not heat, caused mass extinction before dinosaurs dominated, study finds

Around 201.6 million years ago, one of Earth’s most significant mass extinctions occurred, wiping out three-quarters of all living species. This event marked the transition...

Thousands of lost Maya structures discovered in Mexico: We’ve only scratched the surface

Recent research using advanced lidar technology has uncovered 6,674 previously unknown Maya structures in an unexplored part of Campeche, Mexico, suggesting that we have...