How did whales end up in a desert? Egypt’s 40-million-year-old ‘Valley of the Whales’ reveals the answer | World News
In the heart of the Egyptian Desert, Wadi Al-Hitan, or “Valley of the Whales,” fossilised whale skeletons lie…
A new start after 60: I’d had several careers but no degree – then I became a palaeontologist at 62 | Life and style
Craig Munns has a large model of a T rex on his desk. He got it with a…
What crocodile bones teach us about dinosaurs : Short Wave : NPR
Historically, dinosaur ages have been estimated using the growth rings in their bones — one ring per year.…
Planetary encounters and cosmic wonders for March in Limerick
AS a new month arrives in Limerick, we welcome the Vernal Equinox on March 20, the moment day…
Starshade concept could reveal Earth-like exoplanets
Finding Earth-like exoplanets with the composition and ingredients for life as we know it is the Holy Grail…
‘The smell wasn’t healthy’: the artist who wore 24 nappies to highlight sewage pollution – and fell ill | Art and design
On the Deptford foreshore, a ghoulish figure is sinking into the Thames. Performance artist zack mennell (who writes…
Beavers were brought to the desert to save a dying river. 6 years later, here are the results.
Music, community and joy drive real change In a small village in Pwani, a district on Tanzania’s coast,…
JWST peers inside a dying star’s “exposed cranium”
Whenever stars are born, their masses determines their fates. The (modern) Morgan–Keenan spectral classification system, with the surface…
Course Correction or Controlled Crash? Inside NASA’s Artemis Overhaul
by Clarence Oxford Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2026 NASA says it has finally found the “back…
Bio-based, recyclable resins outperform their fossil-fuel counterparts
To wood or not to wood, that’s been the question! Ever since oil-based plastics burst onto the manufacturing…
Particles may not follow Einstein’s paths after all
One of the biggest unsolved challenges in modern physics is bringing together two powerful theories that describe very…
Urban trees emerge as the biggest carbon sink in cities
Scientists have found that city trees act as the dominant carbon sink within urban landscapes, absorbing more carbon…