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26/05/2026

Earth's alien ocean helps the search for extra terrestrial life

21/05/2026

Where do people breed mosquitos at home without realising it?

AI could help talk you through giving CPR. Bystanders are often called on when someone has an out-of-hospital cardiac ar...
19/05/2026

AI could help talk you through giving CPR. Bystanders are often called on when someone has an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. AI was found to improve survival rates by giving clear instructions.

17/05/2026

How do we actually measure sea level?

Another rift in Africa has broken through the Earth’s crust.
15/05/2026

Another rift in Africa has broken through the Earth’s crust.

13/05/2026

The fascinating feeding habits of seahorses.

While Spinosaurus mirabilis was definitely aquatic, it was found nowhere near the Tethys Ocean – about 1,000km inland fr...
19/02/2026

While Spinosaurus mirabilis was definitely aquatic, it was found nowhere near the Tethys Ocean – about 1,000km inland from the ancient sea.

Other deposits in the layer indicate the environment was riparian – along the banks of an ancient river, suggesting it was a wading hunter.

Fossils of a new Spinosaurus species have been found, expanding the family of large wading predators and adding to the mystery of these dinosaurs. The new species, Spinosaurus mirabilis, is closely related to Spinosaurus aegyptiacus which is famous for the massive sail on its back and for being the....

13/02/2026
“In ancient Andean cultures, fertiliser was power.”
13/02/2026

“In ancient Andean cultures, fertiliser was power.”

Archaeological research has uncovered the importance of seabird guano – bird droppings – in the rise of Peru’s pre-Inca Chincha Kingdom. The Chincha culture was one of the most important and prosperous pre-Inca kingdoms in Peru. It controlled the Chincha valley, about 200km south of modern-day...

The exceptionally well-preserved fossil contains features never seen in dinosaurs!
11/02/2026

The exceptionally well-preserved fossil contains features never seen in dinosaurs!

A new species in the Iguanadontia group of herbivorous dinosaurs has been found in China. The exceptionally well-preserved fossil contains features never seen in dinosaurs. Haolong dongi is described in a paper published in Nature Ecology & Evolution. The generic name Haolong means “spiny dragon.....

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