Dinosaur teeth reveal secrets of Earth’s ancient greenhouse climate
Scientists have discovered that dinosaur teeth hold an extraordinary record of Earth’s climate during the Mesozoic Era, between 252 and 66 million years ago.
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Ancient humans survived on food they could barely chew, study finds
Long before humans had teeth suited for chewing tough plants, our ancient ancestors had already developed a taste for them.
A new study led by...
Scientists finally crack the 9-million-year-old mystery of potatoes
Scientists have finally solved a mystery that has puzzled researchers for years: where did the modern-day potato come from?
A new international study has revealed...
How Earth’s liquid core once saved life before it even began
shield, protecting us from harmful cosmic radiation.
Without it, Earth would be bombarded by charged particles from space, much like Mars, which lacks a strong...
Wolves on the move: Yellowstone packs carry tiny pups to follow elk migration
Gray wolf pups are born helpless—blind, deaf, and without the strong sense of smell that helps adult wolves survive.
Normally, these pups stay safe inside...
Why some underwater earthquakes cause tsunamis—and others, just little ripples
After a massive earthquake off the coast of Kamchatka, a peninsula in the far east of Russia, on July 30, 2025, the world watched...
The moon is useless, so let’s preserve it
I don’t think space or lunar tourism is going to be the big draw that transforms the moon into something unrecognizable.
Instead, I think it’s...
Mars glaciers have more water content than previously thought
While Mars may be a dessicated place where water no longer flows, the planet still has glaciers slowly moving across its surface.
Previously, it was...
Mystery solved: Why moon landings leave strange dust patterns
Scientists have finally solved a long-standing mystery about the strange patterns of dust left behind by rockets landing on the moon.
These patterns, which appear...
Early human ancestors had huge size gaps between males and females, fossil study finds
A new study reveals that some of our earliest human ancestors showed extreme differences in body size between males and females—much greater than in...