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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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JAN 21, 2021Chemistry & Physics
For decades, economists and chemists alike have been dreaming of a hydrogen economy, where hydrogen fuels our global pow ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 10, 2021Plants & Animals
Recent work has suggested that saber tooth tigers aren't the terrifying predators they seem to have been; they may have ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 03, 2021Plants & Animals
At one time, Australia, South America, Antarctica, the Indian subcontinent, Africa, and the Arabian Peninsula were merge ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 29, 2020Plants & Animals
Many species of birds display spectacular patterns and colors in their feathers. Now scientists have found that these fe ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 22, 2020Plants & Animals
Just a few million years ago, a prehistoric crocodile that was more than 16 feet long was the king of swamps in southwes ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 21, 2020Earth & The Environment
Scientists from Northwestern have published new findings on the factors that triggered the oceanic anoxic event (OA ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 15, 2020Earth & The Environment
New research published in the journal Science Advances urges the necessity of reducing carbon dioxide and aerosol p ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 02, 2020Chemistry & Physics
A new chemical process developed by researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) demonstrate ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 02, 2020Earth & The Environment
New research from scientists at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) reports a novel method ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 02, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Denisovans were ancient hominins that were discovered only recently, and they had a wider range than previously known.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 28, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Scientists report using scanning electron microscopy to examine the surfaces of dinosaur egg fossils in order to determi ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 26, 2020Earth & The Environment
A team of researchers from USC, Columbia University, University of Washington, MIT and the University of Hawaii, have fo ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 13, 2020Microbiology
Bacteria are everywhere, even inside of our bodies, and they are thought to date back to the early days of life on Earth ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 09, 2020Earth & The Environment
Researchers yet again toward our planet’s past to understand what might be in store for our future. In a new study ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 01, 2020Earth & The Environment
A study published in the journal Global Environmental Change finds hope for the future with the revelation that it ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 17, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Scientists can use advanced genomics techniques to mine samples for all the genetic material they contain.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 06, 2020Technology
Can math tell us about the gender differences in dinosaurs? A new study published a novel statistical analysis that esti ...Written By: Nouran AminSEP 06, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Around 11,000 years ago, megafauna of the earth began to go extinct. Mastodons were some of the largest land animals liv ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 04, 2020Microbiology
Researchers have discovered that some bacteria can make ethylene in a way we never knew about; microbes that metabolize ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 31, 2020Earth & The Environment
The recent discovery of a fossil-tree in the Andean Altiplano dates back to 10 million years ago, say researchers. The d ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 26, 2020Space & Astronomy
Over the roughly 4.5 billion years of Earth's existence, there have been several periods were biodiversity has been near ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 21, 2020Cancer
New research published in the journal Environment International suggests that firefighters may be more exposed to c ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 17, 2020Earth & The Environment
A study led by University of Michigan researchers and published recently in PNAS reports that cold-climate forests ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 28, 2020Microbiology
It has been said that we know more about the moon than we do about the bottom of the ocean, though explorers and researc ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JAN 21, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
For decades, economists and chemists alike have been dreaming of a hydrogen economy, where hydrogen fuels our global pow
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 10, 2021
Plants & Animals
Recent work has suggested that saber tooth tigers aren't the terrifying predators they seem to have been; they may have
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 03, 2021
Plants & Animals
At one time, Australia, South America, Antarctica, the Indian subcontinent, Africa, and the Arabian Peninsula were merge
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 29, 2020
Plants & Animals
Many species of birds display spectacular patterns and colors in their feathers. Now scientists have found that these fe
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 22, 2020
Plants & Animals
Just a few million years ago, a prehistoric crocodile that was more than 16 feet long was the king of swamps in southwes
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 21, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Scientists from Northwestern have published new findings on the factors that triggered the oceanic anoxic event (OA
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 15, 2020
Earth & The Environment
New research published in the journal Science Advances urges the necessity of reducing carbon dioxide and aerosol p
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 02, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
A new chemical process developed by researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) demonstrate
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 02, 2020
Earth & The Environment
New research from scientists at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) reports a novel method
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 02, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Denisovans were ancient hominins that were discovered only recently, and they had a wider range than previously known.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 28, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Scientists report using scanning electron microscopy to examine the surfaces of dinosaur egg fossils in order to determi
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 26, 2020
Earth & The Environment
A team of researchers from USC, Columbia University, University of Washington, MIT and the University of Hawaii, have fo
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 13, 2020
Microbiology
Bacteria are everywhere, even inside of our bodies, and they are thought to date back to the early days of life on Earth
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 09, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Researchers yet again toward our planet’s past to understand what might be in store for our future. In a new study
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 01, 2020
Earth & The Environment
A study published in the journal Global Environmental Change finds hope for the future with the revelation that it
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 17, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists can use advanced genomics techniques to mine samples for all the genetic material they contain.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 06, 2020
Technology
Can math tell us about the gender differences in dinosaurs? A new study published a novel statistical analysis that esti
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
SEP 06, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Around 11,000 years ago, megafauna of the earth began to go extinct. Mastodons were some of the largest land animals liv
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 04, 2020
Microbiology
Researchers have discovered that some bacteria can make ethylene in a way we never knew about; microbes that metabolize
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 31, 2020
Earth & The Environment
The recent discovery of a fossil-tree in the Andean Altiplano dates back to 10 million years ago, say researchers. The d
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 26, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Over the roughly 4.5 billion years of Earth's existence, there have been several periods were biodiversity has been near
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 21, 2020
Cancer
New research published in the journal Environment International suggests that firefighters may be more exposed to c
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 17, 2020
Earth & The Environment
A study led by University of Michigan researchers and published recently in PNAS reports that cold-climate forests
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 28, 2020
Microbiology
It has been said that we know more about the moon than we do about the bottom of the ocean, though explorers and researc
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch