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,...
How Saharan dust impacts hurricane rainfall: New study reveals surprising connections
New research has uncovered a surprising link between giant plumes of dust from the Sahara Desert and the rainfall from hurricanes.
These dust plumes, which...
Early British hunter-gatherers kept surprisingly tidy homes
Archaeological evidence from the famous Mesolithic site of Star Carr in North Yorkshire reveals that hunter-gatherers, living over 11,000 years ago, maintained surprisingly tidy...
Scientists discover deep-sea minerals create oxygen in complete darkness
A groundbreaking discovery by an international team of researchers, including a chemist from Northwestern University, has found that metallic minerals on the deep-ocean floor...