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A Process Made for Mars is Now Uncovering Ancient Art on Earth
3+ week, 6+ day ago (445+ words) And you can even run it on your own phone 11:30 AM CDT on September 15, 2026 While the intricacies of the process are complex, it reveals details that are difficult to see to the naked eye by remapping the colors of a…...
Gondwana Really Was a Supercontinent
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (962+ words) And it helped kick‑start life on Earth 7:00 AM CDT on September 13, 2026 Some 550 million years ago, the Earth looked very different to what it does today. The Southern Hemisphere was dominated by an enormous, single continent known as Gondwana. This…...
Listen in on the Sounds of a Jurassic Period Forest
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (194+ words) Behold the call of the katydid 3:00 PM CDT on August 28, 2026 Do you want to hear what the insects in a Jurassic forest in Mongolia sounded like? Obviously, there were no recording devices, let alone humans, 165 million years ago, but there…...
Life Originated Twice on Earth
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (468+ words) New research traces the origins of our metabolism back in time 5:00 PM CDT on August 6, 2026 The evolution of life is an incredibly improbable event, and as far as we know, it’s only happened once in our solar system—or so…...
Microfossils Help Crack Mystery More Than 100 Million Years in the Making
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (241+ words) Almost all of these tiny organisms vanished way back in the early Cretaceous period 3:00 PM CDT on July 30, 2026 Ocean acidification was considered a likely culprit. When foraminifera are living in favorable, non-acidic conditions, they build their shells more quickly. Declining…...
Mysterious Human Relative Was Bigger Than Previously Thought
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (178+ words) Paranthropus boisei footprints offer clues to their size and social dynamics 5:00 PM CDT on July 27, 2026 According to a detailed analysis of the footprints conducted by an international team of researchers, the hominins were taller and heavier than previously believed. “The…...
Do Fossils Belong in Mansions or Museums?
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (339+ words) The record sale of a T. rex skeleton begs the question 5:07 PM CDT on July 14, 2026 This morning an as-yet unknown buyer paid a cool $50 million for one of the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeletons ever found. $50,130,000 to be exact…...
How Dinosaur Skeletons Became So Expensive
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (213+ words) Today’s T. rex auction could be cause for concern 2:00 PM CDT on July 14, 2026 Have you ever wanted to own a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton? The going rate is now over $50 million after Sotheby’s auction house sold “Gus,” a 38-foot long T....
The Surprising Evolutionary Trade-offs Between Fangs, Stingers, and Claws
3+ mon, 4+ day ago (213+ words) The science behind nature’s different puncture tools 1:01 PM CDT on July 8, 2026 With “puncture” defined as “the use of a sharpened tool to penetrate a target while the target remains intact,” the study authors plotted shape against performance for 143 natural structures…...
This Blind Cave-Dwelling Fish May Be the Key to Understanding Brain Evolution
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (279+ words) Its life in the darkness could shine a light on other neural rewiring 11:00 AM CDT on July 2, 2026 If a population of humans were to move entirely into dark, underground caves, you’d expect to see changes in their behavior. They’d favor…...