Giant, swimming mouths: Oral dimensions of extant sharks do not accurately predict body size in Dunkleosteus terrelli

A new study by Case Western Reserve University Ph.D. student Russell Engelman published in PeerJ attempts…

How exploring Hawaiian caves helps NASA search for life on Mars

In August 2019, Chloe Fishman crawled into a cave beneath the largest active volcano on the…

Historic nebula seen like never before with Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer

On Feb. 22, 1971, a sounding rocket lifted off from Wallops Island, Virginia, with specialized sensors…

Lake water storage on Inner Tibetan Plateau increases under climate change, finds study

The Inner Tibetan Plateau is an endorheic basin with densely distributed lakes that serve as “sentinels”…

Past extreme climate warming triggered by tipping points, study finds

Can a rapid warming of Earth trigger tipping points in our climate? For decades scientists have…

Plant domestication: Early crop plants were more easily 'tamed'

The story of how ancient wolves came to claim a place near the campfire as humanity’s…

A universal protocol that inverts the evolution of a qubit with a high probability of success

Researchers at the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) in Vienna recently devised a…

Study finds record-breaking rates of sea-level rise along the U.S. Southeast and Gulf coasts

Sea levels along the U.S. Southeast and Gulf coasts have been rapidly accelerating, reaching record-breaking rates…

Home-based workers became younger, more diverse in pandemic

People working from home became younger, more diverse, better educated and more likely to move during…

Ranchers battle wolves in Colorado wilds as reintroduction looms

With wolves descending from the mountains of Wyoming to feast on his cattle, and his home…