Astronomers could use specific radio signals from the universe's earliest epoch to "weigh" the first stars in the cosmos. The investigation could reveal more about the so-called C ...

Everyone knows about the meteor that ended the age of dinosaurs - except that it wasn’t the biggest extinction event. Long ...

Mantle plumes are important geologic processes—they interact with plate tectonics, create rich mineral deposits, and even contribute to mass extinction events. Now, a new study has found evidence of a ...

First study to explore how ancient reptiles spread across the Earth after the end-Permian mass extinction. New research ...

Iridium is relatively rare in Earth's crust but is more abundant in stony meteorites, which led the Alvarezs to conclude that the mass extinction was caused by an extraterrestrial object.

It's safe to say that most of us are familiar with the concept of mass extinction. But this is by no means a recent ...

Today, readers of the Bible are reading their newspapers and seeing history repeat itself. Centuries after Haman’s genocidal ...

New findings may have solved the debate around why scientists have never found the missing link between dinosaurs and ...

Once a fringe fear, p(doom) — the probability AI could wipe out humanity — is gaining traction among tech leaders, sparking ...

New fossil evidence shows that South America’s extinct mastodons were vital seed dispersers, and their loss still haunts ...

An undertaker (Carl Lumbly) whom Marty meets refers to Chuck as “the Oz of the Apocalypse.” Marty reconnects with his ex-wife ...

Bountiful remains of foraminifera reveal how organisms responded to climate disturbances of the past. They can help predict the future, too.