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Scientists Identify Trigger for Explosive Volcanic Eruptions
October 12, 2012 — Scientists have identified a repeating trigger for the largest explosive volcanic eruptions on Earth. The Las Cañadas volcanic caldera on Tenerife, in the Canary Islands, has generated at ... > full story -
How Ocean Energy Impacts Life in the Deep Sea: Results Will Help Scientists Understand What to Expect Under Future Climate Change
September 5, 2012 — A new study of deep-sea species worldwide examines how gradients in food and temperature in the deep sea's dark, frigid waters affect the creatures that live there. Similar studies have been ... > full story -
Fossil Skeleton of Strange, Ancient Digging Mammal Clears Up 30-Year-Old Evolutionary Debate
August 27, 2012 — Shortly after dinosaurs like Tyrannosaurus and Triceratops went extinct, the Earth became filled with mammals only distantly related to those alive today. Until recently, one of these creatures, ... > full story -
Newly Discovered Dinosaur Implies Greater Prevalence of Feathers; Megalosaur Fossil Represents First Feathered Dinosaur Not Closely Related to Birds
July 2, 2012 — A new species of feathered dinosaur discovered in southern Germany is further changing the perception of how predatory dinosaurs looked. The fossil of Sciurumimus albersdoerferi, which lived about ... > full storyMore: -
Asteroid Nudged by Sunlight: Most Precise Measurement of Yarkovsky Effect
May 24, 2012 — Scientists on NASA's asteroid sample return mission have measured the orbit of their destination asteroid, 1999 RQ36, with such accuracy they were able to directly measure the drift resulting from a ... > full storyMore: -
Newly Discovered Close Relative of T. Rex Is Largest Known Feathered Dinosaur
April 5, 2012 — Palaeontologists have known for more than a decade that some small dinosaurs had bird-like feathers, mainly thanks to beautifully preserved fossils from northeastern China. Now three specimens of a ... > full story -
Crocodiles Trump T. Rex as Heavyweight Bite-Force Champions, New Study Shows
March 30, 2012 — Biologists have found in a study of all 23 living crocodilian species that crocodiles can kill with the strongest bite force measured for any living animal. The study also revealed that the bite ... > full story -
T. Rex's Killer Smile Revealed
March 18, 2012 — One of the most prominent features of life-size models of Tyrannosaurus rex is its fearsome array of flesh-ripping, bone-crushing teeth. New research shows that the T. rex’s front teeth gripped ... > full story -
The Cutting Edge: Exploring the Efficiency of Bladed Tooth Shape
March 6, 2012 — Using a combination of guillotine-based experiments and cutting-edge computer modeling, researchers have explored the most efficient ways for teeth to slice food. Their results show just how ... > full story -
T. Rex Has Most Powerful Bite of Any Terrestrial Animal Ever
February 28, 2012 — Research, using computer models to reconstruct the jaw muscle of Tyrannosaurus rex, has suggested that the dinosaur had the most powerful bite of any living or extinct terrestrial ... > full story
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