Rare solar wind event disrupts Earth’s magnetosphere
Earth is constantly bombarded by solar wind, a stream of charged particles from the sun.
This solar wind interacts with Earth’s magnetic field, creating a...
Scientists find ancient mass extinction triggered rapid evolution in bird genomes
A new study from the University of Michigan has uncovered how the mass extinction event 66 million years ago, which wiped out non-avian dinosaurs,...
Fewer cities can afford to host the Olympics, but Paris 2024 may be clever...
Many of the world’s best athletes are currently competing in the first Olympic Games to be held in Paris since 1924.
The French capital is...
Scientists discover 500-million-year-old mollusk ancestor
Scientists from the University of Oxford and other institutions have discovered a remarkable new fossil species, Shishania aculeata, dating back 500 million years.
This discovery...
Do super spikes really make athletes run faster?
New research suggests that high-tech running shoes, known as "super spikes," might significantly boost athletic performance.
Published in the International Journal of Sports Physiology and...
Why the sun’s corona is hotter than its surface
The solar corona, or the outer atmosphere of the sun, has puzzled scientists for decades. Despite being farther from the sun's core, the corona...
How early life and Earth’s environment evolved together over 500 million years
For over 500 million years, the atmosphere, oceans, and life on Earth have interacted in ways that helped early organisms thrive.
A team of scientists...
A surprising source of oxygen in the deep sea
I have always found Mariana’s Trench fascinating, it’s like an alien world right on our doorstep.
Any visitor to the oceans or seas of our...
Scientists discover complex life on Earth began 1.5 billion years earlier than thought
A new study claims that complex life on Earth began around 1.5 billion years earlier than previously believed.
An international team of scientists has uncovered...
July 22, 2024: Earth’s hottest day ever recorded, NASA reports
NASA has reported that July 22, 2024, was the hottest day ever recorded on Earth.
This finding comes from NASA's analysis of global temperature data,...