Evolving intelligent life took billions of years − but it may not have been as unlikely as many scientists predicted
Humans evolved late in Earth history. While this timing inspired the conclusion that humanlike life is a cosmic improbability ...
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Scientists herald active matter breakthrough with creation of three-dimensional 'synthetic worms'
Researchers have made a breakthrough in the development of 'life-like' synthetic materials which are able to move by themselves like worms. Scientists have been investigating a new class of materials ...
3.5 kilometers underwater, scientists found a staggeringly energetic particle from outer space
Three and a half kilometers beneath the Mediterranean Sea, around 80km off the coast of Sicily, lies half of a very unusual telescope called KM3NeT.
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Chances of massive asteroid colliding with Earth double
The likelihood of a colossal asteroid, measuring between 60 to 100 metres in width, colliding with Earth in 2032 has doubled.
Asteroid 2024 YR4 has non-zero chance of colliding with earth in 2032: What to know
The asteroid, dubbed 2024 YR4, has a 2.3% chance of colliding with Earth on Dec. 22, 2032, according to a NASA update on Feb. 7. This probability of impact has increased since Jan. 29 when NASA ...
Global warming and mass extinctions: What we can learn from plants from the last ice age
Global warming is producing a rapid loss of plant species—according to estimates, roughly 600 plant species have died out ...
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Scientists Solve the Mystery of the Underwater Event That Wiped Out 90 Percent of Life on Earth
The new study deciphered the single-most greatest mass extinction on Earth driven by a natural calamity that still exists.
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The Mass Extinction Event That Actually Never Happened
Mass extinction events are infamous, entirely destroying many species in one fell swoop. But this particular extinction event might not have happened at all.