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How Dinosaur Extinction Led to a World Full of Fruit
The cascade of changes that followed the extinction of the dinosaurs may have had one surprising effect: the evolution of a world teeming with fruit.
Study charts 540 million years of rapid sea level change
A breakthrough study quantifies 540 million years of rapid sea level fluctuations, revealing how ancient ice ages caused dramatic 100-meter shifts in Earth's coastlines.
The Dinosaurs Too Big To Be Dinosaurs
These sauropods were barely possible, seemingly existing only despite physics and persisting only thanks to some extreme evolutionary adaptations.
Scientists Uncover Ancient Asteroid Impact Crater Beneath Atlantic Ocean
At a Glance Researchers from Heriot-Watt University have made significant strides in understanding a hidden asteroid impact crater…