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December 21, 2022
Last week scientists from Denmark shared an extraordinary find in the journal Nature. They recovered and sequenced fragments of DNA from organisms that lived 2 million years ago. The genetic material was recovered from permafrost deposits in Greenland and belonged to organisms including mastodons, hares, geese, insects, and plants such as poplar and birch trees.Last week scientists from Denmark shared an extraordinary find in the journal Nature. They recovered and sequenced fragments of DNA from...
December 20, 2022
An international research team examined a rich fossil bed in the renowned Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park in Nevadas Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, where many 50-foot-long ichthyosaurs (Shonisaurus popularis) lay petrified in stone.
December 20, 2022
The UKs national synchrotron facility, Diamond Light Source, was used by a large, international collaboration to study grains collected from a near-Earth asteroid to further our understanding of the evolution of our solar system.
December 20, 2022
Cotton fibers that are 7,000 years old have been found in an ancient village in Israel, indicating its place within a global trade network.
December 19, 2022
Changes in Earths orbit that favored hotter conditions may have helped trigger a rapid global warming event 56 million years ago that is considered an analogue for modern climate change, according to an international team of scientists.