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September 29, 2022
Dr John Wettlaufer, A. M. Bateman Professor of Geophysics, Mathematics, and Physics at Yale University, research professor at the Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics,...
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September 16, 2022
Extra waves may be great for surfers, but they can lead to tumultuous weather when they start showing up in jet streams. That’s because jet streams — blowing ribbons of wind...
September 9, 2022
Maureen Long has just appeared as a guest co-host for the first episode of Season 3 of the Every Rock Has A Story YouTube series. The series, which is hosted by EPS alum...
August 23, 2022
The Urey Prize is giving for outstanding achievement in planetary research by an early career scientist. The citation, which you can read at https://dps.aas.org/prizes/2022,...
August 9, 2022
Honorary Members are elected in recognition of long-term distinguished service to the science of mammalogy.  It is considered the Society’s highest honor.  Previously...
Embryonic quail hindquarters imaged using laser scanning confocal microscopy. The skeleton is in green, nerves are in blue, and muscles are in red. The pelvis of this quail embryo has just transformed into a relatively “modern” bird configuration. (Credit: Christopher T. Griffin and Bhart-Anjan S. Bhullar)
August 1, 2022
All baby birds have a moment prior to hatching when their hip bone is a tiny replica of a dinosaur’s pelvis. That’s one of the findings in a new, Yale-led study in the...
Flood in Paraguay
July 26, 2022
A Yale-led study has produced an innovative way to predict the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) — the largest interannual variability process in Earth’s climate — by using...