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Gondwana Really Was a Supercontinent
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (962+ words) And it helped kick‑start life on Earth 7:00 AM CDT on September 13, 2026 Some 550 million years ago, the Earth looked very different to what it does today. The Southern Hemisphere was dominated by an enormous, single continent known as Gondwana. This…...
AI Engineers Are Having Their Oppenheimer???Destroyer of Worlds??? Moment
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (370+ words) A cascade of regret and apocalyptic short-term forecasts hit social media this week 8:08 PM CDT on September 10, 2026 “Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.” These lines from the Bhagavad Gita echoed through the mind of Robert Oppenheimer at…...
What Bird Feeding Has to Do with Happiness
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (184+ words) It might be good for the birds—and you 1:31 PM CDT on September 10, 2026 If it turns out the positives for both birds and humans outweigh the negatives, perhaps it’s time to encourage more people to let these flighty creatures know…...
How Did Birds Outlive the Other Dinosaurs?
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (257+ words) A preserved feather provides some essential clues 10:00 AM CDT on September 10, 2026 Paleontologists from the U.S. and China formed a hypothesis based on a fossilized poop, or coprolite, from a theropod dinosaur, found in Montana. Inside the poop were tiny, perfectly preserved…...
This Snake???s Tail Has a Fake???Spider??? at the Tip
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (256+ words) It’s meant to help lure prey 9:00 AM CDT on September 10, 2026 Paleontologists piece together ancient animals primarily from bones. The vast majority of the time, these animals’ soft tissues have dissolved and left no trace in the fossil record. And so,…...
???Twin Spirit??? Galaxies Are on a Collision Course
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (320+ words) NGC 7253A and NGC 7253B are joining forces 7:00 AM CDT on September 10, 2026 What you see above is Nā ʻUhane Māhoe Huki Pū i ke Ola, which translates from Hawaiian to “The Twin Spirits Pulling Together Creating Life.” It’s a beautiful description of…...
Does Consciousness Require a Body?
5+ day, 6+ hour ago (715+ words) A conversation with neuroscientist and author Antonio Damasio about intelligence, feelings, and robots 11:00 AM CDT on September 9, 2026 Has your account of consciousness—how it arises and what it is—changed since 2022, when we last spoke? This was right after you…...
An Astrophysicist???s Favorite Books on Cosmology
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (769+ words) This reading list takes you to the stars 9:00 AM CDT on September 9, 2026 To me cosmology was never really about the equations. It’s the oldest thing we do, this itch to look up and try to explain the whole business, and…...
Why Snake Embryos Form in Spirals
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (232+ words) The most carefully packed embryo of all the vertebrates 7:00 AM CDT on September 9, 2026 There’s something special you might not know about snake embryos: They form in a tight spiral shape, usually in a clockwise direction. This packaging trick is the…...
The Hidden Power Struggle Between Lions and Hyenas
5+ day, 11+ hour ago (363+ words) There’s a lot of role reversal happening here 5:00 AM CDT on September 9, 2026 Scientists know that lions and hyenas are found together in the African veld. And the assumption has always been that hyenas skulk around lions to steal the leftover…...