When good governments go bad?
All good things must come to an end.
Whether societies are ruled by ruthless dictators or more well-meaning representatives, they fall apart in time, with...
World’s greatest mass extinction triggered switch to warm-bloodedness, shows study
Mammals and birds today are warm-blooded, and this is often taken as the reason for their great success.
University of Bristol palaeontologist Professor Mike Benton,...
Scientists finally prove that rain really can move mountains
A pioneering technique that captures precisely how mountains bend to the will of raindrops has helped to solve a long-standing scientific enigma.
The dramatic effect...
Fossil carbon burned by asteroid impact may have killed all dinosaurs
An asteroid impact 66 million years ago may have released trillions of pounds of partially burned fossil carbon into Earth’s upper atmosphere as a...
Scientists discover the oldest monkey fossils outside Africa
Scientists find three 6.4 million years old monkey fossils in a lignite mine in southeastern Yunan Province, China.
This indicates monkeys existed in Asia at...
Scientists unlock the secrets of near-Earth asteroid Bennu
Scientists now know much more about the material NASA's first asteroid sample return mission will be collecting in just a few weeks.
In a special...
Toothless dinosaur’s lost digits point to spread of parrot-like species
A newly discovered species of toothless, two-fingered dinosaur has shed light on how a group of parrot-like animals thrived more than 68 million years...
Why more hospital visits occur just before a thunderstorm
Analyzing data from Medicare and the National Weather Service confirms that more people, particularly older people with respiratory illness, make more hospital visits on...
Scientist find a new mass extinction
It's not often a new mass extinction is identified; after all, such events were so devastating they really stand out in the fossil record.
In...
Scientists discover world’s oldest animal sperm in Myanmar amber
Scientists find the world's oldest animal sperm inside a tiny crustacean trapped in amber around 100 million years ago in Myanmar.
The research team, led...