Ancestor of all animals identified in Australian fossils

Geologists have discovered the first ancestor on the family tree that contains most animals today, including…

Beyond your doorstep: What you buy and where you live shapes land-use footprint

Researchers developed a tool for examining consumption-based land footprints and found that when direct land-use such…

Ancestor of all animals identified in Australian fossils

A team led by UC Riverside geologists has discovered the first ancestor on the family tree…

Skulls gone wild: How and why some frogs evolved extreme heads

Many frogs look like a water balloon with legs, but don’t be fooled. Beneath slick skin,…

Uncertainty about facts can be reported without damaging public trust in news: study

The numbers that drive headlines—those on Covid-19 infections, for example—contain significant levels of uncertainty: assumptions, limitations,…

Pablo Escobar's hippos may help counteract a legacy of extinctions

When cocaine kingpin Pablo Escobar was shot dead in 1993, the four hippos he brought to…

Researchers investigate how squid communicate in the dark

In the frigid waters 1,500 feet below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, hundreds of human-sized…

Can migration, workforce participation and education balance the cost of aging in Europe?

New IIASA research shows that higher levels of education and increasing workforce participation in both migrant…

NASA COVID-19 Community Update from Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen

NASA COVID-19 Community Update from Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen Click here for original story, NASA…

Remember When Japan Blasted an Asteroid? Here’s What We Learned

The Hayabusa2 spacecraft’s explosive encounter reveals that a space rock called Ryugu looks extremely young for…