A second asteroid may have struck Earth when the dinosaurs died out
17 August 2022
A possible impact crater under the sea off West Africa might have been made by a smaller piece that broke off the asteroid that wiped out most dinosaurs
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Early humans may have wiped out many turtles millions of years ago
5 August 2022
Our hominin ancestors wiped out many land-living turtle and tortoise species starting around 5 million years ago, an analysis of the fossil record suggests
Crew of mock lunar 'biosphere' grew food and made oxygen for 200 days
2 March 2021
The inhabitants of China’s Lunar Palace biosphere lived on recycled oxygen and water, and grew their own food for a record-setting 200 days without outside intervention
AI suggests Earth has had fewer mass extinctions than we thought
16 January 2020
The late Devonian mass extinction around 375 million years ago may not have really happened, according to an analysis using machine learning
Ancient hippo-like reptile was a giant to rival the dinosaurs
22 November 2018
We thought only dinosaurs grew into giants during the Triassic, but we've discovered fossils of a mammal-like reptile that was 5 metres long and 3 metres tall
Asteroid that killed the dinosaurs caused massive global warming
24 May 2018
The asteroid that struck Earth 66 million years ago caused dramatic climate change, which could mean we are underestimating how much the planet will warm in the coming centuries
Uninhabitable Earth? In fact, it’s really hard to fry the planet
12 July 2017
A controversial article says we’re heading for the worst-case warming scenarios. But while we can’t rule out extreme warming, it’s not our most likely future
