Month: March 2021

Plant-eating dinosaurs probably arrived in the northern half of the world millions of years after meat-eating dinosaurs, a recent study found. Their late arrival was likely a result of climate…

The American space agency’s Mars explorer, Perseverance, landed successfully on the Red Planet Thursday after a seven-month trip. The six-wheeled explorer, or rover, is on a NASA mission to collect…

Researchers have used artificial intelligence (AI) methods in an effort to predict which animals might develop new kinds of coronaviruses that affect humans. Scientists believe the new coronavirus spreading around…

Scientists have created a new map that aims to identify the best sources of water on Mars. Water is considered a critical resource to support future exploration activities on Mars.…

A large conch shell brought little attention in a French museum for many years, but it is now quickly gaining attention. The shell is thought to be the oldest known…

The island nation of Madagascar, off the east coast of Africa, may be home to the smallest kind of reptile in the world. The chameleon, at only 13-and-one-half millimeters long,…

Two countries sent their first spacecraft to Mars this week – China and the United Arab Emirates. A Chinese spacecraft went into orbit around Mars on Wednesday. It followed a…

American scientists say they have developed a way to grow wood material in a laboratory. The method could create different wood products indoors in a single process, greatly cutting the…

A Hong Kong-based robotics company says it plans to mass produce thousands of humanoid robots in 2021. Hanson Robotics says four different humanoid models will start leaving factories during the…

Scientists have known for decades that the numbers of some shark species are decreasing. But a new study shows just how severely worldwide populations have dropped in the past 50…

You may have noticed brighter night skies recently as we experienced a full moon. NASA reports the event, called the Wolf Moon, began Thursday afternoon and ended Saturday morning. But…

Greek scientists on the volcanic island of Lesbos say they have found a 20-million-year-old fossilized tree. The rare find was discovered during roadwork near an ancient forest on the eastern…

For the first time, scientists have found the remains of babies from the group of meat-eating dinosaurs that includes Tyrannosaurus rex. Researchers said recently that the jaw and claw bones…

Boston Dynamics is an American technology company that has developed a series of robots designed to move in ways similar to humans and animals. The company has spent years building…

Twitter has announced a new tool that permits users to identify information they believe is false or misleading. The program is called Birdwatch. Twitter is first testing the program with…