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Shireen Gonzaga
Our teeth have strange origins in ancient fish
Our sensitive teeth evolved from sensory tissue on the exoskeleton of ancient, armored fish that lived 465 million years ago.
May 30, 2025
Earth
How did dinosaurs become birds? This fossil offers insights
How did dinosaurs become birds? An exquisitely preserved fossil of the oldest-known bird, Archaeopteryx, has revealed new details.
May 20, 2025
Earth
Here’s how fierce T. rex got to North America
A new study explains how tyrannosaurid and megaraptor dinosaurs attained large sizes, and that the ancestor of T. rex originated in Asia.
May 13, 2025
Space
Magnetars’ strong flares forge gold and other heavy elements
For the 1st time, astronomers have seen that flares from magnetars - or highly magnetized, compact, dead stars - can create heavy elements such as gold.
May 8, 2025
Human World
Gladiator bones show first-ever evidence of lion mauling
Scientists have found, for the first time, physical evidence of bite marks from a big cat, likely a lion, on the skeleton of a gladiator.
May 2, 2025
Space
Ammonia-water mushballs raining on Jupiter, says new theory
Ammonia-water mushballs could be raining down on Jupiter, explaining why some parts of the planet's upper atmosphere are deficient in ammonia.
April 23, 2025
Space
Large Magellanic Cloud is ripping apart its smaller neighbor
Data from the Gaia observatory show that the Large Magellanic Cloud is ripping apart its smaller neighbor, the Small Magellanic Cloud.
April 16, 2025
Space
Heatwave on Jupiter from strong solar wind amazes scientists
A strong solar wind wave slammed into Jupiter, compressing its magnetic field and creating intense auroras that created a widespread heat wave.
April 9, 2025
Earth
Great white sharks in False Bay vanished. What happened?
The disappearance of great white sharks from False Bay, South Africa, in mid-2018 resulted in significant changes in the local marine food chain.
April 2, 2025
Human evolution complexity revealed in astonishing new study
A new study on human evolution says that our ancestors split into 2 groups 1.5 million years ago, then merged to form modern humans, 300,000 years ago.
March 25, 2025
