Science news this week: 'Impossible' black holes and Antarctica's hidden 'plumbing'
Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the ...
Loon-like waterfowl from dinosaur-era Antarctica is oldest 'modern' bird
Near the end of the age of dinosaurs, a bird resembling today's loons and grebes dove for fish and other prey in the perilous ...
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How is the ocean melting Antarctica? We're starting to figure it out
Much of this uncertainty is because the ocean processes that control the fate of the sheet occur on an incredibly small scale ...
69-million-year-old skull found in Antarctica is oldest ‘modern’ bird
The near-complete fossil skull, unearthed on Vega Island near the Antarctic Peninsula, reveals a bird that thrived in the ...
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Antarctica has a bizarre, dark red waterfall nicknamed the 'Blood Falls'
Blood Falls in Antarctica flows unpredictably with iron-rich, salty water. Microbes inside survive without sunlight.
I spent $26,000 on a 21-day expedition cruise through Antarctica and other bucket-list spots. I can't recommend it enough.
Our 21-day expedition cruise on the Seabourn Pursuit came with excursions throughout Antarctica, Falkland Islands, and ...
Paralyzed from the waist down from a climbing accident, this adventurer is going to ski hundreds of miles across Antarctica
Darren Edwards knows a lot about hopelessness; one minute, he was rock climbing in North Wales about to finish his route, and ...
After the asteroid, the earliest bird ancestors thrived in Antarctica
With its glaciers and sub-zero temperatures, Antarctica hardly seems like a place of refuge. However, the now icy continent ...
It’s Tough Being a Buffalo Bills Fan, Especially in Antarctica
Research scientists in remote locations need to get creative in order to follow their favorite teams, even when they don’t ...
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Fossil of the Oldest Known Modern Bird Discovered in Antarctica
A 69 million-year-old skull fossil discovered in Antarctica is an ancient relative of geese and ducks, making it the oldest ...
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Cretaceous fossil from Antarctica reveals earliest modern bird
Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, an asteroid impact near the Yucat n Peninsula of Mexico triggered the extinction of all known non-bird dinosaurs. But for the early ...