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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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OCT 17, 2022Technology
In a recent study published in Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, a team of researchers from Nanyang Technologica ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 12, 2022Plants & Animals
New fossil teeth and face suggest gibbon ancestors are older than thoughtWritten By: Brittany Kenyon-FlattOCT 05, 2022Plants & Animals
New research shows that chimpanzees use different stone tools depending on the nut species they want to openWritten By: Brittany Kenyon-FlattSEP 26, 2022Earth & The Environment
Professor Kate Trinajstic examines ancient fossils at the Western Australian Museum that were collected from the Gogo Fo ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 25, 2022Earth & The Environment
In submitted study in Science of The Total Environment, two researchers from Duke University estimate the average amount ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 23, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have been searching for an answer to the question of what makes us human for decades. Many have looked to our ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 29, 2022Chemistry & Physics
In a recent study published in Reaction Chemistry & Engineering, a team of researchers from Japan discuss how artifi ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 24, 2022Microbiology
It was once hypothesized that a strange, microscopic creature called Saccorhytus, a spiked animal with no anus, was the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 16, 2022Earth & The Environment
In a recent experimental study published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, a collaborative research team from German ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 12, 2022Earth & The Environment
In a recent study published in Nature Communications, an international team of researchers discuss how the increasing ho ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 06, 2022Earth & The Environment
114 years ago, the first and only nearly complete Neanderthal (Homo neanderthalensis) skeleton was found in a cave in Fr ...Written By: Mandy WoodsJUL 28, 2022Earth & The Environment
Gold miners working in the freezing Klondike gold mines in Canada's Yukon territory have made a discovery while excavati ...Written By: Timothy JamesJUL 25, 2022Technology
With little to no information in the archaeological record regarding tattoos, placing their origin has proven difficult. ...Written By: Mandy WoodsJUL 19, 2022Earth & The Environment
When we look at a rock, we often just focus on its size and appearance. Is it light or heavy? Dark or shiny? But there i ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 15, 2022Technology
An international collaboration of researchers has demonstrated that solar -powered synthesis gas (syngas) could recycle ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 14, 2022Earth & The Environment
Researchers from the United States, United Kingdom, and China reveal in a recent study published in Science Advances how ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 08, 2022Plants & Animals
Camelina, an oilseed currently grown in what is now Ukraine, is a grain product that has been cultivated for thousands o ...Written By: Ryan VingumJUN 21, 2022Chemistry & Physics
We’ve all heard about nuclear fusion at least once in our lives, and probably because we’ve been 10 years aw ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAY 25, 2022Technology
Algae are a key part of our ecosystem, as they literally create oxygen through photosynthesis (the process of using ligh ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAY 12, 2022Earth & The Environment
Dinosaurs are fascinating creatures, and everyone has their favorite one, most notably the Tyrannosaurus Rex, rightfully ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAY 06, 2022Cannabis Sciences
Hemp packaging is the latest craze in sustainability. Here's what's behind it, and why advocates say it's effective.Written By: Helaine KrysikAPR 22, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
Prokaryotic cells, which include all bacteria and archaea, are ancient, and relatively simple compared to eukaryotic cel ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 18, 2022Microbiology
We've learned a lot about life that came before us by studying fossils. The ancestry and evolution of ancient microbial ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 14, 2022Earth & The Environment
In 2020, when I was still working at a small natural history museum in Hot Springs, South Dakota, I started to hear whis ...Written By: Timothy James
OCT 17, 2022
Technology
In a recent study published in Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, a team of researchers from Nanyang Technologica
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 12, 2022
Plants & Animals
New fossil teeth and face suggest gibbon ancestors are older than thought
Written By:
Brittany Kenyon-Flatt
OCT 05, 2022
Plants & Animals
New research shows that chimpanzees use different stone tools depending on the nut species they want to open
Written By:
Brittany Kenyon-Flatt
SEP 26, 2022
Earth & The Environment
Professor Kate Trinajstic examines ancient fossils at the Western Australian Museum that were collected from the Gogo Fo
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 25, 2022
Earth & The Environment
In submitted study in Science of The Total Environment, two researchers from Duke University estimate the average amount
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 23, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have been searching for an answer to the question of what makes us human for decades. Many have looked to our
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 29, 2022
Chemistry & Physics
In a recent study published in Reaction Chemistry & Engineering, a team of researchers from Japan discuss how artifi
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 24, 2022
Microbiology
It was once hypothesized that a strange, microscopic creature called Saccorhytus, a spiked animal with no anus, was the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 16, 2022
Earth & The Environment
In a recent experimental study published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, a collaborative research team from German
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 12, 2022
Earth & The Environment
In a recent study published in Nature Communications, an international team of researchers discuss how the increasing ho
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 06, 2022
Earth & The Environment
114 years ago, the first and only nearly complete Neanderthal (Homo neanderthalensis) skeleton was found in a cave in Fr
...
Written By:
Mandy Woods
JUL 28, 2022
Earth & The Environment
Gold miners working in the freezing Klondike gold mines in Canada's Yukon territory have made a discovery while excavati
...
Written By:
Timothy James
JUL 25, 2022
Technology
With little to no information in the archaeological record regarding tattoos, placing their origin has proven difficult.
...
Written By:
Mandy Woods
JUL 19, 2022
Earth & The Environment
When we look at a rock, we often just focus on its size and appearance. Is it light or heavy? Dark or shiny? But there i
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 15, 2022
Technology
An international collaboration of researchers has demonstrated that solar -powered synthesis gas (syngas) could recycle
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 14, 2022
Earth & The Environment
Researchers from the United States, United Kingdom, and China reveal in a recent study published in Science Advances how
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 08, 2022
Plants & Animals
Camelina, an oilseed currently grown in what is now Ukraine, is a grain product that has been cultivated for thousands o
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
JUN 21, 2022
Chemistry & Physics
We’ve all heard about nuclear fusion at least once in our lives, and probably because we’ve been 10 years aw
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 25, 2022
Technology
Algae are a key part of our ecosystem, as they literally create oxygen through photosynthesis (the process of using ligh
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 12, 2022
Earth & The Environment
Dinosaurs are fascinating creatures, and everyone has their favorite one, most notably the Tyrannosaurus Rex, rightfully
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 06, 2022
Cannabis Sciences
Hemp packaging is the latest craze in sustainability. Here's what's behind it, and why advocates say it's effective.
Written By:
Helaine Krysik
APR 22, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Prokaryotic cells, which include all bacteria and archaea, are ancient, and relatively simple compared to eukaryotic cel
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 18, 2022
Microbiology
We've learned a lot about life that came before us by studying fossils. The ancestry and evolution of ancient microbial
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 14, 2022
Earth & The Environment
In 2020, when I was still working at a small natural history museum in Hot Springs, South Dakota, I started to hear whis
...
Written By:
Timothy James