April 2022

Earliest Evidence Of Plate Tectonics Found In 3.8-Billion-Year-Old Crystals

Cross-section of Earth's crust to explain subduction and plate tectonics. GETTY   A handful of ancient zircon crystals f…

Ancient Spider Reveals a Secret Glow That Sustained It For Eternity

A fossilized spider that glows under ultraviolet light has given away the secret of its exceptional 23-million-year-long exi…

Scientists Confirm Discovery of ‘Hottest Rock on Earth’

Cubic zirconia from the 28-km- (17.4-mile) wide Mistastin Lake crater in Canada required >2,370 degrees Celsius melt, whi…

Oldest Microfossils On Earth Found In Canada

Iron-rich chert from the Nuvvuagittuq Supracrustal Belt, Québec, Canada. Likely the red coloration PHOTO:  DOMINIC PAPINEAU …

Paleontologists Find Perfectly Preserved Dinosaur Fossils From the Day of the Asteroid Impact

Scientists believe they have been given an extraordinary view of the last day of the dinosaurs after they discovered the fos…

Perfectly Preserved 310-Million-Year-Old Fossilized Brain Found

Scientists say 310-million-year-old horseshoe crab fossil found in Illinois creek shows the crustacean species' brain ha…