1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (344+ words) When the fossil was first spotted on Seymour Island in 2011, no one knew what it was. The structure was flattened and paper-thin, unlike the rigid shells typically preserved in the fossil record. For years, it resisted classification. Nearly a decade…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (296+ words) Julia Cole, chair of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Michigan, led the research team. Subsequently, their findings were published on August 27, 2026, in Science. El Niño represents the warm phase of a recurring tropical Pacific…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (779+ words) A new Stanford-led study has provided the strongest evidence yet for why some marine animals survived Earth’s largest mass extinction while many others disappeared forever. The findings not only explain how modern ocean ecosystems came to be, but also offer…...

2+ week, 20+ hour ago   (448+ words) Environmental and public health researchers are warning that a little-known group of microbes could become a much bigger threat to human health. These organisms, known as free-living amoebae, are found in water and soil, but scientists say some species are…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (326+ words) Of course, the story of the Chang’e 4 lunar lander comes to mind. For a few days, life did manage to spring up on the Moon—a cotton seed germinated onboard Chang’e 4, bringing a brief spark of life to that dusty…...