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New tool tracks where any place on Earth sat up to 320 million years ago, helping decode ancient climate and fossil records.
A new online map lets users trace where today’s locations sat on Earth as continents drifted across 320 million years.
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Artistic reconstructions by M. Hattori illustrating oblique views of the dorsal (top) and ventral (bottom) morphologies. The sanctacaridid-like morphology of the posteriormost body region is speculative.
DiscoveriesSpider and horseshoe crab relatives emerged 20 million years earlier than scientists thoughtHannah Shavit-Weiner
Ancient Amazonian dark earth boosted young tree growth and reshaped root microbes in a Brazil field study.
Green ImpactAmazonian dark earth increases tree diameter by up to 88%Rebecca Shavit
Artist’s impression of Space Reactor-1 Freedom, the nuclear-powered spaceship NASA says it is sending to Mars.
SpaceNASA’s first nuclear-powered spacecraft is heading to Mars, and its bringing helicoptersShy Cohen
Artemis II mission specialist Christina Koch gives 5-year-old Jack a spacesuit during a CBS News town hall on May 1, 2026.
SpaceArtemis II astronauts welcome a 5-year-old space fan to the teamAmyn Bhai
Human evolution is still unfolding through disease, diet, technology, genetic editing, and even the pressures of life in space.
HealthThe next phase of human evolution is already underwayJoseph Shavit
Astronomers studying the interstellar comet found that its water is packed with an unusually heavy form of hydrogen called deuterium.
Space3I/ATLAS had a far colder birthplace than our Solar SystemJoseph Shavit
Vivek Shenoy, Eduardo D. Glandt President’s Distinguished Professor in Materials Science and Engineering (MSE), at left, walks through some of the mathematics behind mollifier layers, with doctoral candidate Vinayak Vinayak, at right.
AIPenn engineers use AI to solve some of science’s most difficult math problemsShy Cohen
Harvard researchers mapped smell receptors in mice, showing the nose is far more organized than scientists believed.
HealthHarvard researchers discover how the human nose decodes smellsHannah Shavit-Weiner
Study finds butterflies and moths reused the same wing-pattern genes for 120 million years, pointing to predictable evolution.
DiscoveriesEvolution has used the same genetic ‘cheat sheet’ for over 120 million yearsHannah Shavit-Weiner
A handful of roasted coffee beans highlights the natural compounds researchers are studying to better understand coffee’s potential health benefits.
HealthDrinking coffee linked to slower aging and better healthMac Oliveau
Ancient platypus fossils from South Australia reveal a toothed species with a body plan close to today’s platypus.
DiscoveriesAncient platypus had teeth 25 million years ago, fossils revealHannah Shavit-Weiner
(Left) Humanoid robot Alter3 equipped with a Society of Mind architecture based on LLMs for communication and operation of weakly coupled internal modules (photo by Luc Steels). (Right) The robot expands its repertoire of physical behaviors by converting high-level descriptions into operable code.
AIEvolvable AI could push technology into a new phase of evolutionShy Cohen
PFAS found in newborn blood were linked to higher odds of childhood leukemia in a UC Irvine study.
Health‘Forever chemicals’ in newborn blood linked to childhood leukemiaMac Oliveau
NASA tested a lithium-fed electric thruster at 120 kilowatts, a step toward faster deep-space and Mars missions.
SpaceNASA’s lithium-fed electric thruster could carry humans to Mars and beyondJoshua Shavit
Cascadia’s Seafloor Is Tearing Apart, Offering a Rare Glimpse of How Subduction Zones End
Green ImpactThe Earth is tearing itself apart near Vancouver Island in the Pacific NorthwestRebecca Shavit
Earth’s chemistry may have stabilized within 3 million years, with water and volatiles arriving later in a giant impact.
SpaceAncient impact with Theia may have brought water and life to EarthJoseph Shavit