Category: 7. SciTech

A stunning new fossil find from the Grand Canyon fills in some blanks from a time when evolution began experimenting with weird new forms.

About half a billion years ago, life on Earth really started cooking in an event we now call the Cambrian explosion. The fossil record from that time…

Archaeologists have discovered two strange structures lurking beneath the ground next to the world-famous pyramids of Giza in Egypt.

Using radar and electrical technologies, a team of Japanese and Egyptian scientists discovered a mysterious 10m-long (33ft) L-shaped structure, approximately 2m…

For a mouse, survival in the wild often boils down to one urgent question: flee or freeze?

The best strategy depends on which mouse you are asking. A new study by Harvard biologists has found that two closely related species of deer mice have evolved very different reactions to aerial…

A bizarre reptile once scurried through the Triassic treetops with an extravagant crest on its back, one made from neither scale, nor bone, nor feather.

The extinct creature’s 247-million-year-old fossils immediately stood out to paleontologists. The impressive appendage on its back looks…

Teeth marks seen on the leg bone of a so-called ‘terror bird’, which were predators 13 million years ago, suggest it may have been killed…

Every few years, the tires on your car wear thin and need to be replaced. But where does that lost tire material go?

The answer, unfortunately,…