Cave city in volcanic rocks of uplifted Central Anatolian plateau.
Credit: Russell Pysklywec
When renowned University of Toronto (U of T) geophysicist J. Tuzo Wilson cemented concepts in the emerging field of plate tectonics in the 1960s, he revolutionized the study...
This is an artist's depiction of a quantum simulation. Lasers manipulate an array of more than 50 atomic qubits to study the dynamics of quantum magnetism.
Credit: E. Edwards/JQI
Two independent teams of scientists, including one from the University of Maryland...
Evidence from ancient volcanic deposits suggests that lunar magma contained substantial amounts of water, bolstering the idea that the moon's interior is water-rich.
Credit: Olga Prilipko Huber
A new study of satellite data finds that numerous volcanic deposits distributed across the...
Of the more than 1,000 verified planets found by NASA's Kepler Space Telescope, eight are less than twice Earth-size and in their stars' habitable zone.
Credit: NASA
Planet Earth is situated in what astronomers call the Goldilocks Zone -- a sweet...
University of Calgary Professor Jason Anderson, right, and doctoral student Jason Pardo published a paper in Nature about new insights into the ancient Scottish fossil called Lethiscus stocki.
Credit: Photo by Riley Brandt, University of Calgary
"It's like a snake on...
The photograph shows the Shingle Pass section in east central Nevada, where late Cambrian to Middle Ordovician (460 to 495 million years ago) limestone rocks are exposed. These strata were sampled for carbon and sulfur isotopic analysis in order...
Antimatter research laboratory.
Credit: Professor Niels Madsern
Swansea University scientists working at CERN have again made a landmark finding, taking them one step closer to answering the question of why matter exists and illuminating the mysteries of the Big Bang and...
This is an image of hippo teeth products for sale in an ivory shop in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong.
Credit: Alexandra Andersson
Global wildlife trade is pushing many species to the brink of extinction. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered...
Adams Flat, one of the two sites in Antarctica where microbes were collected.
Credit: Phil O'Brien
UNSW-Sydney led scientists have discovered that microbes in Antarctica have a previously unknown ability to scavenge hydrogen, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide from the air...
Female mountain gorilla. The ancestors of simian primates -- such as gorillas, gibbons and tamarins -- were among the first to give up nocturnal activity altogether.
Credit: © F.C.G. / Fotolia
Mammals only started being active in the daytime after non-avian...
DNA (stock illustration).
Credit: © frenta / Fotolia
A neutral genetic mutation -- a fluke in the evolutionary process that had no apparent biological purpose -- that appeared over 700 million years ago in biological evolution could help explain the origin...
