Lost stone age secrets: Ancient European toolmaking found in China
A surprising archaeological discovery in southwest China is shaking up what scientists thought they knew about ancient humans in East Asia.
Researchers from the University...
How sunscreen and clothes helped humans survive a magnetic disaster 41,000 years ago
Around 41,000 years ago, something strange happened to Earth’s magnetic field: the North Pole wandered over Europe, and the planet’s protective shield against solar...
Scientists find ancient Martian beaches, revealing evidence of a lost ocean
Mars, the dusty red planet we know today, may have once had ocean waves washing onto sandy beaches.
New research using data from China’s Zhurong...
People stocked mountain lake in Europe with fish over 1,300 years ago
New research has revealed that people may have brought fish to a high mountain lake in Europe much earlier than anyone thought—possibly as far...
How the dinosaur-killing asteroid helped life bounce back
About 66 million years ago, a giant asteroid slammed into Earth and wiped out the dinosaurs, along with around 70% of all life in...
Dinosaurs weren’t dying out—We just can’t find their fossils, study says
For decades, scientists have debated whether dinosaurs were already struggling before the asteroid strike that wiped them out 66 million years ago.
But a new...
Ancient fossil finally solves 100-year mystery about strange arthropod
For over a century, scientists have been puzzled by a mysterious fossil called Helmetia expansa, an ancient arthropod from the Cambrian Period.
First discovered in...
How a mudball meteorite from Costa Rica cheated death in the asteroid belt
In April 2019, a rare and powerful meteorite fell near the town of Aguas Zarcas in northern Costa Rica.
Scientists say it’s one of the...
Earth’s first crust was surprisingly modern, study reveals
A new study has changed what scientists thought they knew about Earth’s early history.
Researchers have discovered that the very first crust of our planet,...
One trillion species, 3 billion years: How we used AI to trace the evolution...
There are roughly a trillion species of microorganisms on Earth—the vast majority of which are bacteria.
Bacteria consist of a single cell. They do not...