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An underwater "continent" could reveal secrets about Earth's distant past

Earth & Energy

A team of scientists went on an underwater expedition using an advanced research vessel, and the results might yield new insight into Earth's prehistory.

An Underwater “Continent” Could Reveal Secrets About Earth’s Distant Past

Zealandia is a treasure trove of ancient fossils and sediment cores.

This could help in our hunt for extraterrestrial life.

Life may have emerged on Earth earlier than we previously thought

Hard Science

University of Tokyo researchers have discovered fossil evidence that suggests life on Earth started earlier than expected.

Life May Have Emerged on Earth Earlier Than We Previously Thought

The researchers discovered earlier signs of life while analyzing carbon isotopes in sedimentary rocks taken from northeastern Canada. 

We’ve found plenty of dinosaur bones all around the world, but is it possible to find any fossilized soft tissues from ancient animals?

We've found plenty of dinosaur bones all around the world, but is it possible to find any fossilized soft tissues from ancient animals?

Watch: Where Are The Dinosaur Brain Fossils?

We may have been half a billion years off in our predictions.

New Fossil Evidence Suggests Life May Have Originated on Land and Not in the Oceans

This could revolutionize our search for life on other worlds.

A new DNA technique shines a light on our ancient ancestors.

Scientists Can Now Extract Ancient Human DNA From 240,000-Year-Old Dirt

Evidence of our ancient ancestors lives on in the ground, and now we can access it.

These fossils may be 4 billion years old.

Scientists Just Found Fossils Containing the Oldest Evidence of Life on Earth

The confirmation will change everything we thought we knew about how life began.

Off World

German scientists have found remnants of a supernova, in the form of iron-60, in fossils left by magnetotactic bacteria. The scientists are also looking at the timing of the supernova, which coincides with an extinction event that effected mollusks.

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