A Body Plan with No Familiar Shortcut
A Body Plan with No Familiar Shortcut Opabinia regalis is one of the Burgess Shale’s most iconic animals. It had…
A Fossil So Strange That Orientation Became a Mystery
A Fossil So Strange That Orientation Became a Mystery Hallucigenia is a small Cambrian animal with a large reputation. Its…
A River Predator Built on an Enormous Scale
A River Predator Built on an Enormous Scale Deinosuchus lived during the Late Cretaceous, when dinosaurs dominated the land. Along…
An Explosion Without a Crater
An Explosion Without a Crater On June 30, 1908, a powerful explosion tore through the atmosphere above a remote region…
An Explosion Without a Crater
An Explosion Without a Crater On June 30, 1908, a powerful explosion tore through the atmosphere above a remote region…
A Planet Without a Sunrise
A Planet Without a Sunrise Most people imagine planets as members of solar systems. Rogue planets break that picture. The…
A Cosmic Flash Shorter Than a Blink
A Cosmic Flash Shorter Than a Blink Fast radio bursts, or FRBs, are brief but powerful flashes of radio energy…
Tracks with No Visible Mover
Tracks with No Visible Mover For decades, rocks on Racetrack Playa in Death Valley left long trails across the desert…
A Roman Cup with Two Colors
A Roman Cup with Two Colors The Lycurgus Cup changes appearance depending on how light reaches it. The core of…
A Message Without a Reader
A Message Without a Reader The Phaistos Disc is one of the most iconic and enigmatic artifacts of Minoan Crete….