NORWICH, England (Reuters) — Global warming over the coming century could mean a return of temperatures last seen in the age of the dinosaur and lead to the extinction of up to half of all species, a scientist said on Thursday.
Not only will carbon dioxide levels be at the highest levels for 24 million years, […]
‘FACTS,” according to one of Ronald Reagan’s more notorious pronouncements, “are stupid things.” In all fairness, Reagan had supposedly meant to say “stubborn.” But in any event, facts can certainly be troublesome, especially when they require us to give up a cherished notion.
Remember, for instance, in 2004, when anthropologists announced the discovery of fossil remains […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Earthlike planets covered with deep oceans that could harbor life may be found in as many as a third of solar systems discovered outside of our own, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.
These solar systems feature gas giants known as “Hot Jupiters,” which orbit extremely close to their parent […]
Archaeologists in Ukraine have unearthed the remains of an ancient pyramidal structure that pre-dates those in Egypt by at least 300 years. The stone foundations of the structure, which probably resembled Aztec and Mayan ziggurats in South America, were discovered near the eastern city of Lugansk.It is thought they were laid about five millennia ago […]