Geography

Scientists find new fossil dolphin

Researchers at the University of Otago in New Zealand have made an exciting discovery in the realm of paleontology, shining a new light on...

Scientists make breakthrough in monsoon rain forecasting with machine learning

Every year, from June to September, a very important event happens that affects more than a billion people in South Asia. This event is the...

What’s the earliest the moon could have formed

Astronomers are pretty sure they know where the Moon came from. In the early Solar System, a Mars-sized object dubbed Theia smashed into Earth. This...

How brown rats left ships and took over north American cities

Once upon a time, before the bustling streets and towering skylines of modern North American cities, a quiet invasion was taking place. It was not...

Why did modern humans replace the Neanderthals?

Why did humans take over the world while our closest relatives, the Neanderthals, became extinct? It's possible we were just smarter, but there's surprisingly little...

Fans rock the ground at Taylor Swift concert, making earthquakes

At a Taylor Swift concert in Los Angeles last August, the energy was so high that it literally shook the ground. Scientists have found out...

The story of five Triceratops dinosaur friends from 67 million years ago

In the summer of 2013, a team from the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in the Netherlands went on a dinosaur hunt in Wyoming, hoping to...

New study unlocks the lobster farming secrets

In the vast and mysterious world of the sea, lobsters have earned the title of "dragons of the sea" due to their dragon-like appearance,...

Ancient DNA unveils the look of a 6th century Chinese emperor

In a new study, scientists have recreated the face of Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou dynasty, a prominent Chinese ruler from 1,500 years...

Antarctica’s biggest ice shelf moves daily

In the remote, icy expanse of Antarctica, the movement of glaciers is a spectacle not easily observed by the human eye. Among these icy...