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When the first Prototaxites fossil was unearthed in 1843, it was mistaken for an ancient rotting conifer. But trees didn’t yet exist during the Silurian period, so what exactly was this thing ...

Fossils are usually associated with dinosaur bones or ancient sea creatures preserved in stone. But scientists now believe that modern waste – from polyester clothing to electronic devices ...

With today’s new No Man’s Sky update, titled Relics, there’s now an even more compelling reason to get digging, because you can now unearth fossils. That’s right, if seeing No Man’s Sky ...

Humankind’s defining testament will be dramatically different from the skeletons, bones and other biological traces that inform today’s fossil record, according to authors Sarah Gabbott and ...

Plastic bottles, smartphones, chicken bones – and the wider debris of everyday life – are tipped to outlast human civilisation and become the defining fossils of our age. Fossils are usually ...

HOUSTON, TX - dVida will be spotlighting their fresh tropical category, mango, yellow / red dragon fruit, ginger, lime, malanga, and golden berries, alongside their dried offerings of mango, banana, ...

In an astounding revelation that has captured the attention of the scientific community, researchers have unearthed the oldest fossil ever found in America. This groundbreaking discovery offers an ...

Its creaky wooden floor is now covered with fossil displays as the Southern Minnesota Museum of Natural History takes shape. “In the museum, we have a representation of everything from the very ...

A new report illustrates a concerning dynamic: Record heat last year pushed countries to use more planet-warming fossil fuels to cool things down. By Claire Brown Last year was the hottest on ...

Typically, amber forms over millions of years as tree resin fossilizes, but paleontologists have sped that up, creating amber-like fossils from pine resin in 24 hours. The technique could help ...