Without Ozone, the earth might get a lot colder
How critical the ozone layer is to the surface temperature of the Earth? Without an ozone layer, our planet would be 3.5 Kelvin cooler.
How asteroids may have brought water to earth
A large population of asteroids in our solar system may have played a crucial role in delivering water to our planet during its early stages.
How Jurassic Park changed film-making and our view of dinosaurs
In June 1993, director Steven Spielberg released a film that unleashed a wave of technological change in film-making and simultaneously helped to revive popular...
For a billion years of Earth’s history our days were only 19 hours long
It's tough accomplishing everything we want to get done in a day.
But it would have been even more difficult had we lived earlier in...
Scientists discover earliest bird bone flutes in Israel
A team of scientists made a remarkable discovery of prehistoric musical instruments, fashioned from bird bones.
Hidden ice melt in Himalayan glaciers, shows study
A new study reveals that the mass loss of lake-terminating glaciers in the Great Himalayas has been significantly underestimated.
This dinosaur may have been the last of its kind
A newly discovered plant-eating dinosaur, Iani smithi, may have been the “last gasp” of a species during a period when Earth’s warming climate forced...
Did curly hair keep early humans cool?
Curly hair may explain how early humans stayed cool while conserving water, according to a new study that looked at the role human hair...
Why earthquakes shake Britain but not Ireland
New study reveals why Britain experiences more frequent earthquakes compared to its neighbor Ireland, where seismic activity is almost non-existent.
The future of Melbourne’s public housing towers
Monolithic in scale and nature, Melbourne's 47 public housing towers have become aging assets that present great challenges to the state government of Victoria.