Scientists discover matching dinosaur footprints on opposite sides of the Atlantic
In a fascinating discovery, an international team of researchers led by paleontologist Louis L. Jacobs from Southern Methodist University (SMU) has found matching dinosaur...
Meteor showers reveals where comets formed in the early solar system
A recent study by an international team of 45 researchers has uncovered new insights into the formation of comets in the early solar system...
We discovered a new way mountains are formed—from ‘mantle waves’ inside the Earth
In 2005, I was navigating winding roads through the Drakensberg Mountains, in Lesotho, Southern Africa.
Towering cliff-like features known as escarpments interrupt the landscape, rising...
New study reveals how early humans kill mammoths in the Ice Age
For years, archaeologists have debated how early humans hunted massive Ice Age animals like mammoths and mastodons using sharpened stone tools.
Many theories suggested that...
Scientists discover new ‘eyebrowed’ predator dinosaur in Kyrgyzstan
Paleontologists have made an exciting discovery in Kyrgyzstan: a new species of predatory dinosaur with a distinctive feature—a prominent "eyebrow" bone.
This dinosaur, named Alpkarakush...
New study reveals the triggers of explosive volcanoes
Scientists at The University of Manchester have made a groundbreaking discovery by recreating volcanic eruptions in a laboratory setting.
Using a specially designed pressure vessel,...
Tropical glaciers now smallest in 11,700 years, scientists find
Tropical glaciers, which are especially at risk from climate warming, have melted rapidly in recent decades.
The question, scientists say, is how much?
Researchers funded by...
New wave transports lightning energy to Earth’s radiation belts
Two scientists from the University of Alaska Fairbanks have made a groundbreaking discovery about Earth’s radiation belts.
Vikas Sonwalkar, a professor emeritus, and Amani Reddy,...
Scientists discover surprising skills of Neanderthals in Pyrenees foothills
A rare archaeological site in the foothills of the Southern Pyrenees in Spain is shedding new light on the lives of Neanderthals, revealing their...
Scientists discover vast underground water on Mars
In an exciting discovery, scientists have found evidence of a massive underground reservoir of water on Mars.
This reservoir is so large that it could...