Watch How Continents Moved Over 100 Million Years in Video - Mapped by Scientists as Never Before
The short .gif explains so much of how our world came to be in such a short time span, most notably how Africa has changed over time.
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Study Shows Flamingos with Similar Personality Traits 'Form Cliques' with Like-Minded Friends
For example, bolder birds were shown to stick together, whilst more submissive flamingos formed another group.
Video Games Are Not Associated with Harming Brains of Preteens, According to a New Study
The experts warned time spent gaming could take kids away from homework, but even that made very little impact on their test scores.
Rare Chance for You to See a 'Messier Marathon' Stargazing Event This Month
The Worm Moon, Messier Marathon, y-Normids, and several conjunctions are some of what can be seen in the night sky this month.
On Distant Planets that Don't Rotate, Life May Exist Under Skies of Permanent Dawn and Dusk
In these perpetual dawn/dusk zones, conditions would be perfect year-round for liquid water, and therefore life.
Scientists Simulate a Small Universe as a Preview of What This New Space Telescope Will Discover - LOOK
This cool animation shows how the gravity of intervening galaxy clusters and dark matter can lens the light from farther objects.
Protein Key to Osteosarcoma May Unlock Treatments for Deadly Bone Cancers That Affect Kids
Researchers at Shanghai Jiao Tong University said the discovery could lead to a cure for all types of skeletal tumors.
Archaeologists Uncover 'Complete Roman City' From 1,800 Years Ago in Luxor-Including Pigeon Towers
The archaeologists found workshops for the manufacture and smelting of metals, pigeon towers to raise birds for food, and baths.
Unhealthy Fat Could Be Turned Into 'Good Fat' to Keep Us Youthful and Thinner
Brown fat burns a lot of calories to create heat through a process called thermogenesis, but outside of cold people, brown fat is rare.
First of Its Kind Discovery in Mali: Vast Reservoirs of Clean Hydrogen Gas
The discovery of a vast hydrogen gas reservoir under a town in Mali has scientists believing unlimited green energy is just beneath our feet.
Astronomers Observe 2 Neutron Stars Colliding and the Extreme Reaction 'Defies All Expectations'
A kilonova is a very unique event in the galaxy since few things are as materially dense as a neutron star.
Discovery: Cockatoos Know to Bring Multiple Tools When Fishing For Nuts-An Ability Only Seen in Chimpanzees
New research has clarified that Goffin's cockatoos do indeed recognize when a job requires more than one tool-and come prepared with a set.
Ringed Planet That Defies Known Physics Discovered in Outer Reaches of Our Solar System
Quaoar is the third-largest dwarf planet or planetoid of the 3,000 that orbit the sun out beyond Neptune, and it's also ringed.
Japanese Startup to Launch Public Space-Viewing Balloon Flights to Rival SpaceX
The ballon will carry a passenger 14 miles up into space and can be launched four a few thousand dollars in just a few hours of prep time.
Conservation Zoos Have Powerful Potential to 'Reverse Extinction' Study Shows
A new study shows that zoos and aquariums around the world working to return species extinct in the wild have about a 50/50 success rate.
Six Enormous Galaxies Detected from the Dawn of Our Universe: 'Our First Glimpse Back This Far'
New data from James Webb has discovered five massive galaxies that formed just 500 million years after the Big Bang, the oldest yet.
Codebreakers Crack Secrets of Lost Mary Queen of Scots Letters 430 Years After She Wrote them in Captivity
They show the challenges Mary faced maintaining links with the outside world, as well as the brilliance of her correspondence network.
Mars Rover Team Excited After Finding… 'Rock. Rock. Rock. Rock. Rock. Rock. METEORITE!'
Always keen to anthropomorphize their robots, NASA put out a social media post of one of their Mars rovers coming upon an exciting discovery.
Plant Toxins Fatal to Sugarcane Hailed as the 'New Weapon' Antibiotic in Fight Against Bacteria
The threat of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections has been growing across human civilization for years.
Bioengineers Devise a Way of Growing Skin in the Shape of Hands That Can be Pulled on 'Like a Glove'
Bioengineers devised a way of growing skin in the shape of hands to make it easier for surgeons to graft personalized skin onto burn victims.
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