A memorable shot of espresso is less about roast and more about percolation — and now there is an equation to back that up. The physics explaining how gases bubble through volcanoes or
This dino had a penchant for pilfering eggs. A new analysis of a roughly 67-million-year-old fossil forelimb and claw suggests that a rare group of diminutive Mongolian dinos may have evolved to steal
Tiny life-forms with bright colors might point the way to big dinosaur bone discoveries. In the badlands of western Canada, two species of lichen prefer making their homes on dinosaur bones instead of
A telltale hint was on the bee’s knees. An analysis of 127 fossil flowers, flower buds and bees from central Germany revealed pollen particles that precisely matched ancient flowers to their pollinators. The
New insights into an ancient swimming reptile are more than skin deep. An analysis of a 240-million-year-old fossil, published August 29 in the Swiss Journal of Palaeontology, offers clues to how a reptile similar
Neandertals may have been forging projectile weapons out of animal bones 50,000 years earlier than previously thought. A bone fragment unearthed from roughly 80,000-year-old rock in Europe shows signs of sharpening and bitumen
