The Earth: a ringed planet, much like Saturn, surrounded by a hula hoop of asteroids. The summit of Mount Everest: a tropical ...

“Over millions of years, material from this ring gradually fell to Earth, creating the spike in meteorite impacts observed in ...

Found in rock samples retrieved in Australia more than 60 years ago, the microfossils dating to the Lower Ordovician Period ... the fossil spore record—the physical evidence of early plant life ...

A weird number of craters are located close to the equator, and the odds that this is random are incredibly low, researchers ...

Let’s start with a clear definition of what constitutes a mass extinction. Unlike regular extinctions, which occur at a steady background rate — about 10% of species lost every million years — mass ...

This era of intense bombardment, known as the Ordovician impact spike, may have resulted from meteorites falling from the ring rather than flying in from space, which would explain the strange ...

Life made the modern Earth as much as the Earth made life, a new book by a philosopher of consciousness argues. That dynamic ...

How plants interact, from cooperation to competition, with research on pioneer species and antagonistic facilitation shaping ...

If you wish to take care of your hair in a more natural way then here are the top 5 plants with amazing hair growth properties. (Image Credits: Pinterest) Pursuing healthy tresses without any side ...

Plants are affected differently by many differing conditions during their life cycle. All are affected to some degree by such ...

Houston Matters takes a walking tour of Buffalo Bayou with a nature guide to learn what the ecosystems of our city's ...

Plants are amazing! Especially when we look at their life cycle, from first growth to reproduction. It all starts with a seed that cracks open and starts to grow when it has the right amount of ...