Rapid, Plentiful Gold Possible
October 20, 2015
Geologists have up-estimated the process of gold ore transportation from deep underground to surface by a factor of ten to a hundred.
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Pounding Headaches for Solar System Dates
October 19, 2015
It's hard to tell when things crashed into each other.
Pluto Shock Rebounds
October 16, 2015
The first research paper from the New Horizons team focuses and amplifies the shock waves coming from the first images in July.
Breathtaking Cretaceous Fossil Mammal Preserves Soft Tissue
October 15, 2015
A mammal fossil from Spain perfectly preserves fur and internal organs, but is said to be 125 million years old.
Evolutionary Anthropologists Startled by Racial Mixing in Africa
October 13, 2015
If they didn't expect recent genetic mixing from Europe into Africa, how certain are they about older human migrations?
Bird Flew Over Dinosaurs
October 7, 2015
An exceptionally-preserved fossil bird could be mistaken for a modern agile flyer—except it's dated early Cretaceous.
Will the Dinosaur Paradigm Be Next to Fall?
September 29, 2015
"Cold dinosaur" fossils have paleontologists questioning everything they thought they knew about dinosaur physiology.
Experts Misled Public About Yellowstone Fossil Forests
September 28, 2015
The old story of successive forests buried over long ages silently disappeared from Yellowstone park signs without remorse or apology.
New Pluto Images Even More Perplexing
September 25, 2015
Pluto has terrain like no other world, leaving scientists perplexed; Enceladus' activity is also inexplicable for "geologic time".
Evaluating Homo naledi
September 19, 2015
Lee Berger's remarkable cache of hominid bones found deep in a South African cave is generating a lot of news, but major questions remain.
Fossils Defy Slow, Gradual Deposition Over Long Ages
September 18, 2015
What do a virus and a whale have in common? They didn't fossilize slowly a long time ago.
"Overdose of Awesomeness": New Pluto Images Show Unpredicted Activity
September 17, 2015
More images have been released from New Horizons' July 14 flyby of Pluto, showing youthful mountains, glaciers and an escaping atmosphere.
Underwater Marvels
September 10, 2015
Check out these amazing creatures that inhabit the liquid universe of planet Earth's oceans and rivers. Only the first one is a fish.
What Sparked the Mammal Explosion?
September 3, 2015
If you think tiny shrew-like mammals scurried afoot below dinosaurs right before they went extinct, you've got the wrong picture.
Original Pigment Found in "Dinosaur Feathers"
September 1, 2015
If pigment in fossil feathers cannot last 150 million years, then the story about bird evolution from dinosaurs is wrong.