Ruth Ogden, Liverpool John Moores University and Daniel Eduardo Vigo, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Argentina Two astronauts marooned in space may sound like the plot of a Hollywood blockbuster, but for two Nasa…
Hans Sues, Smithsonian Institution Did all dinosaurs become extinct, killed when an asteroid hit the Earth 66 million years ago? Or could a few of them, somehow, have survived that mass extinction event…
Around 66 million years ago, a catastrophic event changed the course of life on Earth forever. This event, known as the Chicxulub asteroid impact, not only caused the extinction of around 70% of…
C Raina MacIntyre, UNSW Sydney The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared mpox a public health emergency of international concern, after rising cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the potential…
Jennifer Chu | MIT News In a new study appearing in the journal AGU Advances, scientists at MIT and NASA report that seven rock samples collected along the “fan front” of Mars’ Jezero Crater contain minerals that…
Excavations have revealed a stone panel with 123 Mayan glyphs in a sacred pool next to the pyramid of Nohoch Mul in Cobá, Quintana Roo. The pyramid, 42 meters high, is one of…
Andrew McCaig, University of Leeds If you were to slice through it, you would see the Earth is divided into distinct layers. On top is the relatively thin crust where we live. Beneath…
An impressive discovery was made in the Republic of Sakha, Russia, when miners found a mummified carcass of a woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis). The find occurred while they were excavating a quarry for…
Sachiko Amari, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis In space, there are clouds that contain gas and dust ejected from stars. Our solar system was formed 4.6 billion years ago…
Anne Wilson | Department of Mechanical Engineering Pick-and-place machines are a type of automated equipment used to place objects into structured, organized locations. These machines are used for a variety of applications — from electronics…