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Dinosaurs already in decline before asteroid?
Life was already getting harder for dinosaurs before an asteroid wiped them out.
July 24, 2021
Study sees surge in coastal flooding in 2030s
From NASA JPL. In the mid-2030s, the U.S. coast will experience increasing coastal flooding, when the lunar cycle will amplify already rising sea levels.
July 13, 2021
Snakes’ forked tongues let them smell in stereo
An evolutionary biologist explains how snakes use their tongues to collect and transport molecules to vomeronasal organs in their mouths, not to taste them, but to smell them.
July 9, 2021
Tiangong: China’s new space station. What to expect
Astronauts performed the first space walk on Tiangong, China's new space station, on July 4, 2021. They are now preparing it to be inhabited by future crews.
July 7, 2021
Pacific Northwest hit with exceptional heat
The Pacific Northwest experienced a dramatic and unprecedented heat wave in late June, 2021. Many cities reported all-time-record highs.
June 29, 2021
Big gulp! 2 black holes swallow neutron stars
What happens when black holes swallow neutron stars? Scientists could only speculate until recently. Now we have measurements of 2 such events!
June 29, 2021
5 satellite images show how fast our planet is changing
Here are 5 satellite images that illustrate how fast Earth is changing.
June 13, 2021
NASA announced 2 missions to Venus by 2030. Why that’s exciting
For decades, the exploration of our solar system left one neighboring planet largely unexplored. These missions to Venus mean things are about to change.
June 11, 2021
Meet Australotitan: Australia’s largest dinosaur yet discovered
Australotitan is Australia’s largest dinosaur species ever discovered, as long as 2 buses as heavy as 1,400 kangaroos.
June 10, 2021
Why is the sun’s atmosphere hotter than its surface?
The sun's atmosphere, or corona - the wispy part we see during solar eclipses - is hundreds of times hotter than the sun's visible surface, or photosphere. Why?
May 30, 2021
