Supernovas may have had a role in two of Earth’s largest mass extinctions, study suggests
A research team linked nearby stellar explosions to at least one, possibly two, mass die-offs after calculating the supernova ...
We probably inherited our joints from… a fish
While the common ancestor of vertebrates with synovial joints is still a mystery, the oldest specimen with evidence of these ...
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Supernovas may have played a role in two of Earth’s largest mass extinctions, study suggests
During the Devonian geological era, life thrived on land for the first time, but early land plants and animals making the transition from water to land were wiped out, along with armored fish and ...
Supernovas may have caused mass extinctions that killed 85% of life on Earth
Exploding stars known as supernovas may have sparked mass extinctions that wiped out up to 85% of animals on Earth.
The first fossil thrips in Africa: this tiny insect pest met its end in a volcanic lake 90 million years ago
Thrips are tiny insects—their sizes range between 0.5mm and 15mm in length and many are shorter than 5mm. But the damage they ...
Scientists rewrite history of universe with huge breakthrough in doomsday mystery
Five 'mass extinctions' have decimated our planet since it was formed - now scientists claim the answers to two could be written in the stars.