For over four decades, more than 500 bat fossils have been recovered from the Messel Pit UNESCO World Heritage Site in Germany, providing a fascinating… Read More »Researchers Unravel the Mystery of Mass Bat Deaths at Messel
A team of researchers led by Gertrud Rößner, a paleontologist at the Bavarian State Collection of Paleontology and Geology (SNSB), has uncovered a significant prehistoric… Read More »New Dolphin Species with Advanced Hearing Capabilities Identified
Tree planting has been widely touted as a cost-effective way of reducing global warming, due to trees’ ability to store large quantities of carbon from… Read More »Tree Planting Can Worsen Climate Change
Earth’s tectonic activity occasionally leads to the release of substantial amounts of carbon dioxide (CO₂), a process that influences our planet’s atmosphere and climate over… Read More »Tectonic Activity Shapes Earth’s Climate Over Billions of Years
Scientists have demonstrated a new way to use high-energy particle smashups at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC)—a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of… Read More »High-Energy Collisions Reveal the Shapes of Atomic Nuclei
Electrons, usually known for moving at high speeds through matter, can be forced into a rare, ordered state when their environment is carefully controlled. In… Read More »Researchers Directly Observe Wigner Molecular Crystals
Since the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) began operations, it has fueled groundbreaking research into the properties of Higgs bosons and opened avenues in the search… Read More »ATLAS Experiment Sets New Limits on Higgs Boson Pair Production
Australian finches, specifically the long-tailed finch, display vibrant bill colors ranging from red and yellow to orange. These colors, more than just striking, offer insights… Read More »Scientists Uncover the Genetic Basis of Finch Bill Coloration
Between 1.8 billion and 800 million years ago, earthly life was in the doldrums. During this period, called the “boring billion,” the complexity of life… Read More »The Energetic Challenges of Multicellular Life
The radiation levels experienced by the frogs living in Chernobyl have not affected their age or their rate of aging. These two traits do not… Read More »Chernobyl Frogs Show No Signs of Accelerated Aging Despite Radiation Exposure