The Paris Climate Accords of 2015 aimed to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, but a recent study suggests we may have surpassed that threshold years ago. Conducted by the University of Western Australia Oceans Institute, the study examined long-lived Caribbean sclerosponges, creating a timeline of ocean temperatures dating back…
Approximately every 8.5 years, the Earth emits a signal attributed to a phenomenon known as the “wobble” occurring within its inner core. This signal, according to researchers from Wuhan University, is the result of the inner core being 0.17 degrees off the rotational axis of the mantle. Despite contradicting conventional theories regarding the core-mantle relationship,…
On January 19, 2024, at 10:20 a.m. EST, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) successfully touched down on the lunar surface. Just five days later, NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) passed over the landing site and captured images of SLIM. The LRO snapped the photo from an altitude of…
A dark sliver of rock extracted from an Oklahoma limestone quarry holds the distinction of being the oldest-known fossilized skin, dating back almost 290 million years. This remarkable find belongs to an early member of the amniotes, a group that encompasses reptiles, birds, and mammals, originating from amphibians. Published in Current Biology on January 11,…
Considering how long humans have coexisted and been the subject of extensive study, one might assume that we have already uncovered most of the secrets about our bodies. Surprisingly, in 2020, scientists stumbled upon a previously unnoticed organ, defying expectations. This accidental discovery took place in the Netherlands, where a research team, originally investigating prostate…
