Science

For more than a century, since its fossil discovery around the early 1900s, scientists have come to understand and reconstruct everything we know about the Tyrannosaurus rex. Through the discovery of its ancient bones and teeth, we learned how enormous it could become, how powerful its bite and jaws are, what its diet may have … Read more

The mighty Tyrannosaurus rex, a name that literally translates to the Tyrant Lizard King. One of the most recognizable and feared predators to have ever walked the planet Earth. It is estimated to be capable of growing over 12 meters long, and it had a massive skull that was filled with bone-crushing teeth. The T. … Read more

You probably have heard or seen people claiming that chickens may have originated from T.rexes. Well, it may sound funny and unbelievable in some sense, but the reality is there’s a real connection between these two species that lived tens of millions of years apart. Chickens originating from a T.rex is a famous pop culture … Read more

On today’s planet, you can see plants everywhere. A moss on a rock, grass in parks, tall trees in forests, and even algae on ponds and oceans. But Earth was not always like that, and there was actually a time over 1.5 billion years ago when it had no plants anywhere. The land was just … Read more

Most of the time, when people imagine the theory of evolution, they think of events that happened in the past or millions of years ago. However, that is wrong, and evolution could actually be observed in real time. This is what scientists have done since 1988 with a set of small glass flasks filled with … Read more

At first glance, a human being, a mushroom, and a giant tree may all look like different lifeforms that have completely different origins. But scientists may have found that they share a single ancient ancestor. In other words, a fungus that feeds by absorbing nutrients, a plant that makes its own food from sunlight, and … Read more

The Devonian Period, more than 375 million years ago, was often referred to as the age of fishes just because of how diverse and rich the ecosystems are underwater and in the world’s oceans. There were large coral reefs that were home to different species, like armored fish and sponge-like sea creatures. But near the … Read more

Have you ever used your gut feelings or intuition to make a decision about a certain situation? What if that gut feeling is actually a memory of yourself from the future, signalling to you what the right choice is? It sounds like a science fiction movie plot, but it was actually a real theory from … Read more

The modern human species, Homo sapiens, has only existed for an estimated 200,000 to 300,000 years. However, hominins, which include our direct ancestors, and ancient extinct relatives like Neanderthals, have been evolving for millions of years. This idea is probably why when people think of evolution, they imagine slow, steady changes over countless years. The … Read more

Most people know that fossil fuels come from buried remains of living organisms from millions of years ago. So, naturally, a lot of them also wonder whether human beings could one day turn into fossil fuels, too? Because why not, right? We are living organisms, and we often have burial traditions for our deceased. Maybe, … Read more