Inside the strange physics of why time stops at the speed of light
A clock aboard a fast-moving spacecraft does not break, lag or malfunction. It ticks normally for everyone inside.…
Scientists Finally Solved the Mystery of Earth’s ‘Great Dying.’ It’s Bad News for Our Future
Roughly 252 million years ago, nearly all life on Earth vanished. In a blink of geologic time, the…
What happens when environmental change outpaces life’s ability to adapt? | MIT News
When an animal’s environment changes faster than the animal can adapt, its chances of survival can flat-line. The…
The Cockroach of Dinosaurs Likely Survived Extinction Because of Its Big Wet Eggs
Fantastic numbers of leathery, beaked Lystrosaurus—a distant ancestor to today’s mammals, often the size of a small dog—roamed…
Ammonite survival across the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary confirmed by new data from Denmark
Smit, J. & Brinkhuis, H. The Geulhemmerberg Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary section (Maastrichtian type area, SE Netherlands); Summary of results…
Meet the 45-foot gigantic snake Titanoboa that ruled the planet after the dinosaurs |
Sixty million years ago, long after the dinosaurs had vanished, a new ruler emerged in the sweltering rainforests…
New Fossils from Tanzania and Zambia Shed Light on End-Permian Mass Extinction
Paleontologists have identified the myriad of animals — saber-toothed predators, burrowing foragers and a large, salamander-like creature —…