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A fossil is any preserved remains, trace, or impression of any once-living organism from a past geologic age. Examples of fossils include exoskeletons, bones, shells, or stone imprints of animals or microbes. The totality of fossils is known as the fossil record. Credit: Shutterstock
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DEC 29, 2018Microbiology
There are microscopic organisms called archaea living in some of Earth's most intense environments.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 26, 2018Earth & The Environment
This past month Costa Rica broke their own 2015 record of 299 days using only renewable energy for electricity: this yea ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 23, 2018Earth & The Environment
Washington D.C. has just doubled down on its commitment to clean energy investment, as city lawmakers voted last week to ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 17, 2018Chemistry & Physics
Electricity is essential to our everyday lives, but the way we generate electricity with the burning of fossil fuels isn ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 17, 2018Plants & Animals
Although dinosaurs don’t walk the Earth with us today, they left behind a plethora of fossilized bones and remnant ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 17, 2018Earth & The Environment
The divestment campaign has reached an impressive milestone: 1,000 institutions have cut ties with fossil fuels. The ach ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 10, 2018Plants & Animals
With as much excavating as paleontologists do, it’s no surprise that they’re always happening upon new fossi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 09, 2018Earth & The Environment
Almost a month has gone by since fishermen in California and Oregon filed suit against big oil in California's Super ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 10, 2018Technology
A rise in energy demands prompted scientists at Penn State Behrend and the University of Tabriz, Iran to create an algor ...Written By: Nouran AminNOV 05, 2018Plants & Animals
If we asked you to picture dinosaur eggs in your mind, what would you see? A nest full of massive gray or tan eggs? That ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 02, 2018Earth & The Environment
A study published today in the journal Nature reported that our oceans have been taking more than their fair share of he ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 31, 2018Plants & Animals
Elephant birds were massive birds that went extinct a long time ago. Some estimates suggest the last of the species peri ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 31, 2018Earth & The Environment
The case of the group of 21 youths who are suing the federal government for its apathy towards climate change and promot ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 23, 2018Earth & The Environment
The Hambach Forest is nestled in the Rhineland of western Germany, not too far from the city of Cologne. At 12,000 years ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 17, 2018Earth & The Environment
The report released from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) last week shook the world w ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 08, 2018Genetics & Genomics
The last Neanderthals died around 40,000 years ago, but not before breeding with other humans that were starting to move ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 03, 2018Earth & The Environment
New research confirms what personal anecdotes have long told: it isn’t easy convincing climate change deniers of t ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 02, 2018Chemistry & Physics
Iridium is a hard, dense, silver-looking transition metal often found in high abundance in meteorites. When the higher-t ...Written By: Daniel DuanSEP 27, 2018Videos
Have you ever wondered what’s at the bottom of the world’s deepest lake? The deepest lake is the ancient Lak ...Written By: Nouran AminSEP 03, 2018Plants & Animals
Dinosaur evolution is a hot topic in the scientific community because it can help us understand how and why modern anima ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 22, 2018Earth & The Environment
The Trump Administration has proposed to replace the nation’s Clean Power Plan, initiated under the Obama administ ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 21, 2018Cancer
Researchers have discovered a gene that can protect elephants from cancer. An estimated 17 percent of humans worldwide d ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)AUG 21, 2018Chemistry & Physics
The next big thing in the nuclear industry is "small" – the small modular reactor (SMR) that is. Through ...Written By: Daniel DuanAUG 20, 2018Videos
As we look toward the future for cleaner and more efficient means of producing power, fusion looks to be one of t ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
DEC 29, 2018
Microbiology
There are microscopic organisms called archaea living in some of Earth's most intense environments.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 26, 2018
Earth & The Environment
This past month Costa Rica broke their own 2015 record of 299 days using only renewable energy for electricity: this yea
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 23, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Washington D.C. has just doubled down on its commitment to clean energy investment, as city lawmakers voted last week to
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 17, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
Electricity is essential to our everyday lives, but the way we generate electricity with the burning of fossil fuels isn
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 17, 2018
Plants & Animals
Although dinosaurs don’t walk the Earth with us today, they left behind a plethora of fossilized bones and remnant
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 17, 2018
Earth & The Environment
The divestment campaign has reached an impressive milestone: 1,000 institutions have cut ties with fossil fuels. The ach
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 10, 2018
Plants & Animals
With as much excavating as paleontologists do, it’s no surprise that they’re always happening upon new fossi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 09, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Almost a month has gone by since fishermen in California and Oregon filed suit against big oil in California's Super
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 10, 2018
Technology
A rise in energy demands prompted scientists at Penn State Behrend and the University of Tabriz, Iran to create an algor
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
NOV 05, 2018
Plants & Animals
If we asked you to picture dinosaur eggs in your mind, what would you see? A nest full of massive gray or tan eggs? That
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 02, 2018
Earth & The Environment
A study published today in the journal Nature reported that our oceans have been taking more than their fair share of he
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 31, 2018
Plants & Animals
Elephant birds were massive birds that went extinct a long time ago. Some estimates suggest the last of the species peri
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 31, 2018
Earth & The Environment
The case of the group of 21 youths who are suing the federal government for its apathy towards climate change and promot
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 23, 2018
Earth & The Environment
The Hambach Forest is nestled in the Rhineland of western Germany, not too far from the city of Cologne. At 12,000 years
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 17, 2018
Earth & The Environment
The report released from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) last week shook the world w
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 08, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
The last Neanderthals died around 40,000 years ago, but not before breeding with other humans that were starting to move
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 03, 2018
Earth & The Environment
New research confirms what personal anecdotes have long told: it isn’t easy convincing climate change deniers of t
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 02, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
Iridium is a hard, dense, silver-looking transition metal often found in high abundance in meteorites. When the higher-t
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
SEP 27, 2018
Videos
Have you ever wondered what’s at the bottom of the world’s deepest lake? The deepest lake is the ancient Lak
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
SEP 03, 2018
Plants & Animals
Dinosaur evolution is a hot topic in the scientific community because it can help us understand how and why modern anima
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 22, 2018
Earth & The Environment
The Trump Administration has proposed to replace the nation’s Clean Power Plan, initiated under the Obama administ
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 21, 2018
Cancer
Researchers have discovered a gene that can protect elephants from cancer. An estimated 17 percent of humans worldwide d
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
AUG 21, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
The next big thing in the nuclear industry is "small" – the small modular reactor (SMR) that is. Through
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
AUG 20, 2018
Videos
As we look toward the future for cleaner and more efficient means of producing power, fusion looks to be one of t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard