New research contradicts popular theory that a nuclear winter wiped out the dinosaurs

Scientists have long speculated that the demise of the dinosaurs some 66 million years ago was due to starvation triggered by ...
Nature

How smallpox reached the Americas: first genomic evidence points to Europeans

More than 400 years ago, two people living in modern day Chile died while infected with the smallpox virus. Viral DNA found in their mummified remains has now yielded genetic evidence of when the ...

Tiny fossils crack a Cretaceous cold case: Ocean acidification triggered one of the ocean's most severe extinctions

A 113-million-year-old marine murder mystery may finally be solved. Using chemical clues locked inside microscopic fossils, ...

Meteorite 200x larger than the dinosaur killer reshaped the course of evolution on Earth

A meteorite 50 to 200 times more massive than the one linked to the dinosaurs struck Earth 3. 26 billion years ago.

Animal spillover? Lab leak? What the science says about the origins of COVID-19

The release of Dr. Anthony Fauci's pandemic diaries has rekindled the debate over the origins of SARS-CoV-2. Here's how ...
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Jurassic World Evolution 3 lets you design a custom park and fill it with macro beasts – but at the cost of bit too much micromanagement

Jurassic World Evolution 3 is a beast of a management simulation game that allows you to manage your own prehistoric park. It’s by far the most creative entry in the series so far, offering you the ...
Archaeology

Possible Marks of Cannibalism Detected on Adult Homo Antecessor Fossils

Gizmodo reports that analysis of the remains of 24 Homo antecessor fossils recently discovered at the Gran Dolina site in ...