Earth Mysteries

Ancient Human Relative ‘Walked like a Human, but Climbed Like an Ape’0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- November 29, 2021
New lumbar vertebrae give insight into how this ancient human relative walked and climbed

By David Aragorn
Yellowstone Volcano’s Last Supereruption Started with Decades of Explosions 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- November 22, 2021
The last supereruption at Yellowstone volcano was preceded by multiple explosions taking place over the course of decades, scientists have discovered. The Lava Creek Tuff eruption took place 631,000 years ago and researchers studying the event have found unexpected rock deposits that suggest the event was far more complicated than previously thought.

By David Aragorn
Do we live in a computer simulation? If we don’t, we might be doomed 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- October 25, 2021
Not living in a simulation might be humanity’s worst option.

By David Aragorn
Animals Keep Evolving Into Crabs, and Scientists Don’t Know Why 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- October 21, 2021
It’s true: Crabs keep turning up in nature, and it’s bothering scientists so much that they’ve been given federal grants to get to the bottom of it.

By David Aragorn
Hundreds of birds suddenly drop dead from the sky in Bali cemetery 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- September 16, 2021
Such a horrible sight.

By David Aragorn
Modern snakes evolved from a few survivors of dino-killing asteroid 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- September 15, 2021
A new study suggests that all living snakes evolved from a handful of species that survived the giant asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs and most other living things at the end of the Cretaceous. The authors say that this devastating extinction event was a form of ‘creative destruction’ that allowed snakes to diversify into new niches, previously filled by their competitors.

By David Aragorn
Squirrels have personality traits similar to humans, new study shows 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- September 15, 2021
You may think your cat or dog shares a lot of your personality, but there may be another fluffy animal near your home that acts more like you — the squirrel, according to new research.

By David Aragorn
The strange race to track down a missing billion years 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- September 9, 2021
A billion years have vanished from the geological record – and over 152 years after this was first discovered, scientists can’t agree on why.

By David Aragorn
Giant iceberg scrapes past Antarctica’s fragile Brunt Ice Shelf 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- September 9, 2021
A full-on impact by this giant likely would have broken the already unstable ice shelf.

By David Aragorn
Meet the spotted lanternfly, the bug health officials are begging you to kill on sight 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- September 1, 2021
Whether you choose to kill insects or not, there is one bug across the northeastern United States health officials want you to take care of immediately: the spotted lanternfly.

By David Aragorn