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New Evidence Suggests Nitrogen Played a Key Role In the Rise of Complex Life
Scientists from Virginia Tech have found evidence that biologically available nitrogen may have played a vital role in…
New Study Provides Clues to the Source of Earth’s Water—And It’s Not Melted Meteorites
A new study published in the journal Nature suggests that unmelted, or chondritic, meteorites were the primary source…
The Western United States Blew Up Millions of Years Ago Because of Magma. Why Were There No Extinctions?
An event known as the Mid-Tertiary ignimbrite flare-up caused several volcanic eruptions across the western United States during…
Researchers Shed Light on How Amino Acids Shaped the Genetic Code of Ancient Microorganisms
Scientists have found that the genetic code of ancient microorganisms was shaped by specific amino acids, shedding light…
Intense “Deep” Earthquakes May Be the Key to Revealing Previously-Unknown Details About the Earth’s Mantle
According to a new study published in Nature, a layer of fluid rock could be at the bottom…
Finding the World’s Oldest Predator (And All Its Friends)
Scientists once believed they had the earliest evidence of animals documented in sufficient detail. Of course, given how…
We May Have to Look to Meteorites to Find the Origins of Earth’s Volatiles
Researchers at Imperial College London studied meteorites to determine the origin of Earth’s volatile chemicals. They discovered that…
The world’s oldest fossils or oily gunk? New research suggests these 3.5 billion-year-old rocks don’t contain signs of life
Saul Shepstein, Author provided Birger Rasmussen, The University of Western Australia and Janet Muhling, The University of Western…
Our moon has been slowly drifting away from Earth over the past 2.5 billion years
The moon is currently moving 3.8 cm away from the Earth every year. (Shutterstock) Joshua Davies, Université du…
The Largest Flood In Earth’s History (That We Know Of)
Ancient stories and passed-down tales tell of different variations of a paritulcar giant flood which swept over the…