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How Old Are Saturn’s Rings?
The Earth is roughly 4.5 billion years old, and researchers seem to agree that the planets of the…
Searching for a Green Source of Helium
Helium as a gas may seem innocuous at first, but it sits at the center of several advanced…
How Did Sauropods Carry All That Neck?
Sauropods, or the long-necked dinosaurs, have long been the subject of intense research and imagining—and the mysteries surrounding…
The Earth May Be Losing Its Roots
Since their appearance hundreds of millions of years ago, trees have been changing the entirety of Earth’s landscape…
Rickets Changed How We Understood Medicine. Here’s How.
Few diseases claim to have left their mark on medicine the same way rickets does. A severe vitamin…
Carbon Nano… “Onions?” What?
Science class may have taught you the several naturally-occurring forms of the element carbon (C): diamond and graphite.…
Carbon Dating: A Precise History
Scientists have been using the process of carbon dating for years to measure the age of things from…
It’s a Video about Pie (and Pi)
No, I’m not playing with you—this actually is a video about both the delicious treat that’s fun to…
Did an Organ Just “Un-die?”
An hour after a pig’s heart stopped beating, researchers managed to kick its organs back to life. How…