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Using thunderquakes to X-ray Earth – a new study shows urban seismology in action
3+ week, 2+ day ago (737+ words) They are measurable at the surface but can be used to study the subsurface far below, even down 300 feet...
During eruptions, misinformation can spread further than ash. How can we spot it?
3+ week, 5+ day ago (801+ words) Our international study team included experts from universities, volcano observatories, and government...of other volcanoes was presented as current activity, while clouds and gas emissions were wrongly reported...Some reports suggested an eruption could affect the entire island, contributing to…...
Discovery of ancient DNA from antelope fossils in South Africa opens a new window on the past
1+ week, 1+ day ago (829+ words) These ancient DNA studies have in large part been carried out in cold regions at northern latitudes,...As a result, there have been few ancient DNA studies of African large mammals, and the few that have...Ancient DNA allows us…...
3D scans of Tasmanian tiger’s skull reveal it had crocodile-style snapping jaws
1+ week, 6+ day ago (452+ words) A new study has found that Tasmanian tigers had an adaptation is found in no living carnivorous mammal...
How the ‘first bird’ leapt into the sky and soared above the dinosaurs
6+ day, 16+ hour ago (716+ words) Scientists have long debated just how it took off from the ground but a recent study published by my...Our study compared Archaeopteryx with the anatomy of modern birds, and our findings suggest it generated...
Early mammals weren’t all loners, as scientists thought – some already lived in pairs alongside the dinosaurs
1+ week, 3+ day ago (740+ words) No study had tested what the social organisation of early mammals had been....
Why it might be time to rethink the human family tree
3+ week, 5+ day ago (882+ words) As I argue in a new paper in the American Journal of Biological Anthropology, the current system is overdue...
Were Denisovans tall compared to other ancient humans? We should be sceptical
3+ week, 4+ day ago (946+ words) height with reasonable accuracy from the long bones – your femur (thigh bone) works well. On average, the...
with disasters increasingly requires a smartphone – losing access can be a nightmare, but there are ways
3+ week, 1+ day ago (655+ words) essential for calling 911. But when disasters hit – during an earthquake, hurricane or wildfire evacuation, for example – cellphones can be easily lost or forgotten, their...Instead, disaster resilience depends on redundancy – having backup sources of the same information that...
Anak Krakatau is erupting. In 1883, Krakatau was devastating – could that happen again?
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (976+ words) kilometres away. So what caused the 1883 eruptions – and could they happen again? Most volcanoes sit at...