The discovery of Tamu Massif, a gigantic volcano located about 1,000 miles east of Japan, made…
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Breaching a 'carbon threshold' could lead to mass extinction
In the brain, when neurons fire off electrical signals to their neighbors, this happens through an…
Ridehailing services may be driving up traffic deaths
While the era of app-based ridehailing services, such as Uber and Lyft, has been credited with…
Ancient molar points to interbreeding between archaic humans and Homo sapiens in Asia
An analysis of a 160,000-year-old archaic human molar fossil discovered in China offers the first morphological…
Ancient Saharan seaway shows how Earth's climate and creatures can undergo extreme change
A new paper to be published in the Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History…
Study: Some stereotypes seem to be universally applied to biracial groups in the US
Stereotypes often guide our perceptions of members of social groups. However, research has yet to document…
Genetic pathway could enhance survival of coral
Researchers have made a groundbreaking discovery that could enhance the ability of reef-building corals to survive…
Rising tundra temperatures create worrying changes in microbial communities
Rising temperatures in the tundra of the Earth’s northern latitudes could affect microbial communities in ways…
A New Plan for Keeping NASA's Oldest Explorers Going
To manage Voyager 2’s dwindling power supply, engineers recently shut off one instrument’s primary…
Instability in Antarctic ice projected to make sea level rise rapidly
Images of vanishing Arctic ice and mountain glaciers are jarring, but their potential contributions to sea…