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April 5, 2016
Scientists have discovered an ancient animal that carried its young in capsules tethered to the parent’s body like tiny, swirling kites. They’re naming it after “The Kite...
March 22, 2016
The Tully Monster, an oddly configured sea creature with teeth at the end of a narrow, trunk-like extension of its head and eyes that perch on either side of a long, rigid...
March 21, 2016
A significant amount of the climate change caused by greenhouse gas emissions in the past century has been hidden from us, scientists say — by another type of pollution that...
March 19, 2016
For the second time in a month, leading scientists have closely tied the ancient history of the vast Antarctic ice sheet to a key planetary parameter that humans are now...
March 18, 2016
Researchers at Yale and the Smithsonian Institution say it’s time to settle a very old food fight. In a study published March 18 in the journal Ecology and Evolution, authors...
February 24, 2016
Noah Planavsky, assistant professor of geology and geophysics, is among 126 U.S. and Canadian researchers who were awarded a $50,000 Sloan Research Fellowship to advance...
February 4, 2016
What is the secret link between rocks and minerals, and every living thing on Earth? Featuring Professor Ruth Blake. Aired January 13, 2016 on PBS NOVA     http://www.pbs.org...