The comet was discovered in its final stage before impact. As luck would have it, NASA had a probe on its way to Jupiter, ...

“Yellowstone is a dynamic geologic system – the one constant is change.” So wrote Michael Poland, a geophysicist with the US ...

Analysis of the entire genome of a 14,400-year-old woolly rhinoceros ( Coelodonta antiquitatis ), recovered from the stomach ...

I n August 1939, just a few weeks before the outbreak of the Second World War, a scattering of ivory mammoth fragments was ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Tom ...

This charismatic ball of geology is aptly known as Giant Rock. Covering square meters (5,800 square feet) of ground and ...

History is full of strange tales of tentacled sea beasts ravaging ships and terrifying sailors on the high seas. It’s easy to ...

Brazil has the “world’s richest genetic diversity”, and some of its residents may reap the longevity benefits.

Following the eruption, one team had an idea to help recover from the devastation: send gophers on a day trip.

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