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Early mammals lived faster and died younger than modern ones

31 August 2022

The extinction of the dinosaurs left an ecological hole that was quickly filled by mammals, which rapidly developed larger bodies. Now it seems this evolutionary growth spurt was a result of living life in fast forward

Mammals grew big after dinosaurs died but their brains stayed small

31 March 2022

After the extinction of the dinosaurs, mammals took over and had room to evolve larger bodies, but their brains remained small to begin with

Small asteroid hits Earth just hours after astronomers detect it

15 March 2022

A space rock that exploded in the atmosphere near Iceland was only the fifth asteroid that has been observed before an impact with Earth

Mars may have been habitable millions of years later than we thought

2 February 2022

Analysis of minerals in a Martian meteorite suggest that the planet may have begun to be hospitable for life 30 million years later than previously thought