Warm ‘blob’ in Pacific Ocean causing crazy weather in US, says climate scientist
Why has the US West Coast been unusually warm and dry, while the East Coast has experienced abnormally cold and snowy conditions? It’s partly down to...
Prehistoric terror bird had very deep voice and low-frequency hearing, fossil skeleton reveals
The 90% complete fossilized skeleton of a ‘terror bird’, a prehistoric, carnivorous, flightless, fearsome creature, suggests it had a very deep voice and low-frequency...
Mountain gorillas inbreeding helping species survive, study shows
The number of mountain gorillas in the wild has increased from just 253 in 1981 to about 480 in the Virunga volcanic mountain range...
Ocean acidification caused mass extinction of life 252 million years ago, study finds
Ocean acidification wiped out over 90% of marine life 252 million years ago. The volcanic activity at the time also destroyed more than two-thirds...
Northern Europeans initially rejected farming during the New Stone Age
Northern Europeans initially rejected the practice of farming while the rest of the continent was embracing the transition from foraging during the Neolithic period (New...
Mars has giant frozen water glaciers under its surface of dust
Below the thick layer of dust on Mars there are glaciers of frozen water, enough to cover the whole planet in over one meter...
Tyrannosaurs had fights and ate each other
A new international study found that tyrannosaurs inflicted injuries on each other and were cannibalistic, with skull evidence of a genus of tyrannosaur called...
Electromagnetism breakthrough may lead to computer chip antennas
A breakthrough in the understanding of electromagnetism may lead to antennas so small that they would fit on computer chips, which scientists from the...
Complex organic molecules found in distant star system
Complex organic molecules vital for the eventual creation of living organisms have been detected in a young star’s protoplanetary disk, just like the ones...
The Moon formed after Mars-sized body struck and merged with Earth
A huge body about the size of Mars struck and merged with Earth, hurling a massive cloud of rock and debris into space, which...