Crocodile Kin Have Been Chasing Warm Climates for 250 Million Years
New research study recommends that the forefathers of alligators and crocodiles remained faithful to a warm environment through mass terminations and hothouse worlds, a commitment that might have assisted them…
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Climate change is literally altering the shape of our planet
A picture of Earth from the Artemis II flyby in April. Earth looks completely round in these images, it is in fact a little flatter at the poles and a…
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Surprising new pattern of groundwater loss may signal a turning point for the Colorado River Basin
Western states that were believed to be resistant to extended dry spell might be more susceptible than researchers formerly thought, a brand-new analysis of groundwater reserves in the Colorado River…
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James Webb telescope discovers surprising trove of metals around the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole
The Milky Way’s supermassive great void is surrounded by an unexpected chest of heavy metals, according to brand-new observations by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The metals might use…
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Extremely rare Viking Age coin from the reign of ‘Olaf the Holy’ may have been ‘held in the king’s own hand’
An unusual silver coin minted throughout the reign of a well-known Viking king has actually been found in an enormous stockpile in Norway that now consists of 5,500 coins and…
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Early Cambrian Fossil Rewrites Starfish Family Tree
A 518-million-year-old ambulacrarian fossil from China recommends that the typical forefather of starfish and their family members was not a burrowing worm; it was most likely a tentacled animal that…
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Uranium from World War II reveals how close the Nazis were to an atomic bomb
The Nazis were far from finishing a working reactor for their atomic bomb program, in spite of claims by the task’s leader that it was nearly prepared, a brand-new research…
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‘The Russians were the problem in the end’: Sailor Matt Rutherford on being intercepted by the FSB while attempting to circumnavigate the Arctic Ocean solo
Matt Rutherford is a sailor trying to circumnavigate the Arctic Ocean to raise awareness of environment modification and funds for his not-for-profit. (Image credit: Matt Rutherford) Sailor Matt Rutherford has…
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Lightest known pair of neutron stars proves Einstein right yet again
Astronomers have actually found the lightest recognized set of neutron stars– 2 ultradense excellent residues that circle each other every 2 hours, 22 minutes, drifting towards an unavoidable accident about…
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A fighter pilot had unexplained headaches for over a year. The cause was hiding in plain sight.
Mindy Weisberger is a science reporter and author of “Rise of the Zombie Bugs: The Surprising Science of Parasitic Mind-Control” (Hopkins Press). She previously modified for Scholastic and was a…
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