Super-Eruptions May Have Surprisingly Short Fuses
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Enormous volcanic eruptions with potential to end civilizations may have surprisingly short fuses, researchers have discovered.
Purdue Professor Offers Hypothesis for Faint Young Sun Paradox
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — More than 2 billion years ago, a much fainter sun should have left the Earth as an orbiting ice ball, unfit to develop life as we know it today. Why the Earth avoided the deep freeze is a question that has puzzled scientists, but Purdue University's David Minton believes he might […]
Professor Uncovers Clues About Asteroid That Will Pass Near Earth
The work of a University of Tennessee, Knoxville, professor has helped reveal a rare orbital shift and the density of an asteroid that will pass close to Earth.
Birds are Baby Dinosaurs According to Harvard Researchers
Are dinosaurs and birds related? Very much so, according to Harvard's Arkhat Abzhanov. In fact according to Abzhanov, birds are baby dinosaurs. It was all a matter of timing.