Magmas from volcanoes can hold a surprising amount of water
Volatile elements in magma, primarily water, drive explosive volcanic eruptions, like this eruption of Anak Krakatau in Lampung, Indonesia, in 2018.
Scientists have discovered...
Newly-discovered 1,600-year-old mosaic sheds light on ancient Judaism
Scientists find the first ancient Jewish depiction of the Elim episode from the biblical book of Exodus.
For nine years running, Carolina professor Jodi Magness...
Comet impacts could jump-start life on early Earth
Comets screaming through the atmosphere of early Earth at tens of thousands of miles per hour likely contained measurable amounts of protein-forming amino acids.
Upon...
Some extinct crocodiles in dinosaur eras were vegetarians, says study
Scientists have found that multiple ancient groups of crocodyliforms—the group including living and extinct relatives of crocodiles and alligators—were not the carnivores we know...
Scientists discover Neanderthals used resin ‘glue’ to craft their stone tools
Archaeologists working in two Italian caves have discovered some of the earliest known examples of ancient humans using an adhesive on their stone tools—an...
Melting of Himalayan glaciers has doubled in recent years, says study
A newly comprehensive study shows that melting of Himalayan glaciers caused by rising temperatures has accelerated dramatically since the start of the 21st century.
The...
Scientists find lots of strange microbes in dinosaur fossils
Bad news, Jurassic Park fans--the odds of scientists cloning a dinosaur from ancient DNA are pretty much zero.
That's because DNA breaks down over time...
Scientists find sun’s history buried in moon’s crust
The Sun is why we're here. It's also why Martians or Venusians are not.
When the Sun was just a baby four billion years ago,...
1.2 billion years ago, a 1-kilometer asteroid smashed into Scotland
In 2008, scientists from Oxford and Aberdeen University made a startling discovery in the northwest of Scotland.
Near the village of Ullapool, which sits on...
Scientists discover new ‘king’ of fossils in South Australia
Fossils of a giant new species from the long-extinct group of sea creatures called trilobites have been found on Kangaroo Island, South Australia.
The finding...