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From Dinosaurs to Quantum Reality: A Reading Guide for Science Enthusiasts
Science is full of mysteries that challenge our understanding of the world, its origins, and even the fabric…
Newly Discovered Fossil Reveals Ancient Walrus Relative From Pleistocene Era
At a Glance Paleontologists have uncovered a new species of extinct marine mammal, named Ontocetus posti, from Lower…
How Big Was Megalodon?
Megalodon, a massive ancient shark, had a cartilaginous skeleton, making its exact size difficult to determine. Most size…
How the Megalodon Went Extinct (Yes, It’s Truly Extinct)
Megalodons reached lengths of up to 20 meters, three times longer than great white sharks, with teeth suggesting…
Did inbreeding cause the woolly mammoth’s extinction? Our research suggests it was more sudden than that
ishibashi seiichi/Shutterstock Marianne Dehasque, Uppsala University and Love Dalén, Stockholm University In science, we usually share our successes…
A ‘trilobite Pompeii’: perfectly preserved fossils of ancient sea critters found buried in volcanic ash
A. El Albani (University of Poitiers) John Paterson, University of New England If you’ve ever visited the fossil…
The Weird Case of Weird Ancient Deer
Mammals, especially deer, are incredibly diverse. They inhabit numerous ecological niches globally, including forests, where they are most…
World’s oldest termite mounds discovered in South Africa – and they’ve been storing precious carbon for thousands of years
Purple spring flowers growing on termite mounds in Namaqualand. A Potts, Author provided Michele Francis, Stellenbosch University The…
Ferns and flowers bribe helpful ant defenders with nectar, but ferns developed this ability much later – our study shows why
Ants foraging for nectar on a Bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum). Jacob S. Suissa, CC BY-ND Jacob S. Suissa,…