How huge meat-eating dinosaurs hunted in unique ways
Not all giant, meat-eating dinosaurs had the same kind of bite.
A new study has revealed that while the famous Tyrannosaurus rex had a skull...
Half-billion-year-old trilobite legs show ancient ocean acrobatics
Over 500 million years ago, long before dinosaurs roamed the Earth, the oceans were home to trilobites—one of the planet’s earliest and most successful...
Scientists reveal stunning images of sunken warships from the Battle of Guadalcanal
An international team of scientists has completed one of the most detailed surveys ever of historic shipwrecks from World War II, revealing new details...
Earth’s ancient tectonic shifts may have started much earlier than we thought
A new study is shaking up our understanding of how Earth’s surface first began to move and change.
Scientists now believe that subduction—the powerful process...
Mysterious ancient humans reached Sulawesi over a million years ago, study finds
Archaeologists have uncovered the oldest known evidence of human presence on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, raising new questions about who these early people...
Scientists crack Earth’s magnetic field puzzle
Earth's magnetic field acts like an invisible shield, protecting our planet from harmful cosmic radiation that would otherwise strip away our atmosphere and make...
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...