Geologists may have found oldest known fossils
Science Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
A group of Australian and British geologists working in the Outback have discovered evidence of what may be the oldest-known fossils of life on Earth
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First habitable planet confirmed by French scientists
Science Tuesday, May 17th, 2011
A red dwarf star 20 light-years away is again providing hints that it hosts the first definitively habitable planet outside our Solar System
Mars, Europa top survey of most promising space missions
Mars Photos, Science Wednesday, March 9th, 2011
Planetary scientists called for Mars exploration as a top priority, budget woes permitting, followed by a visit to Jupiter’s moon, Europa
Antimatter atoms trapped for first time – ‘A big deal’
Science Thursday, November 18th, 2010
For the first time, scientists have trapped antimatter atoms—mysterious, oppositely charged versions of ordinary atoms—a new study says.
Scientists: Tyrannosaurus rex munched on its own kind
Science Saturday, October 16th, 2010
(CNN) — Add cannibalism to the fearsome attributes of Tyrannosaurus rex, the big-headed dinosaur that roamed North America 66 million years ago and took no prisoners. A study released on the scientific website PLoS ONE suggests T. rex made the tooth marks on four specimens of Tyrannosaurus rex. “If something is dead, it’s lunch,” said [...]
Scientists: Comet impact did not cause mammoths to die out
Science Sunday, September 5th, 2010
A mass extinction that caused the death of giant species of mammals was not caused by a comet impact, scientists have concluded.
Study shakes up scientists’ view of San Andreas earthquake risk
Science Friday, September 3rd, 2010
Researchers find major quakes on the southern section, on average, every 88 years — three times as often as previously thought. It’s the strongest evidence yet that we’re overdue for a massive quake. Southern California is long overdue for a major earthquake along the San Andreas fault, according to a landmark study of historic seismic [...]