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An Invisible Line Splits Indonesian Fauna. Here’s Where It Came From.
Pay a visit to the islands of Indonesia, and you’ll notice something strange with the animals. Somehow, traveling…
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…
Wait… Birds Are Weird?
We’ve spent so long living with the quirky feathered animals called birds that we think of their form…
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…
How Does Concrete Work?
It builds the foundation of our modern cityscapes and engineering landmarks—often quite literally—but most of us are unaware…
How Reptiles Dominated the Jurassic Seas
Had you been swimming out in the open seas during the Jurassic period, you might spot something that…
How Did Plants Survive the Asteroid That Wiped Out the Dinosaurs?
Around 60% of all plant species on Earth died with the nonavian dinosaurs 65 million years ago, when…
What’s Pi Doing Inside the Normal Distribution?
It is no surprise to most of us that the venerated mathematical constant pi is usually related to…
Scouring South Africa For Fossils (Older Than Dinosaurs)
It is not immediately apparent to us as readers of paleontology updates, but these ancient animals are often…
The Math Underneath Competing Species
Say two animals live near each other—is there any math that best describes their predicament when both depend…