Conventional geologists are still baffled by the Cambrian Explosion. Some try to deny that it was sudden,¹ but most admit that Cambrian rocks...

Recently, a fossil believed to be a juvenile duck-billed dinosaur was found in a hillside in Dinosaur Provincial Park, Canada. The scientists discovered...

Scientists recently discovered a large batch of manganese nodules on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean.¹ These metallic pellets provide strong...

The job of physicists is to worry about numbers, but one number has perplexed physicists for more than a century. That number is 0.00729735256—approximately...

The mudskipper (Boleophthalmus caeruleomaculatus) of the order Perciformes, is a fascinating fish whose evolutionary origins are quite unknown. They...

Scientists recently demonstrated that infalling particles from Saturn’s rings are the most likely source of a previously unaccounted-for excess...