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Photo courtesy of Kirk Johnson
November 1, 2022
Johnson, one of Yale’s four annual Wilbur Cross Medal recipients, is now Sant Director at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. He spoke to the News about...
September 29, 2022
Dr John Wettlaufer, A. M. Bateman Professor of Geophysics, Mathematics, and Physics at Yale University, research professor at the Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics,...
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September 16, 2022
Extra waves may be great for surfers, but they can lead to tumultuous weather when they start showing up in jet streams. That’s because jet streams — blowing ribbons of wind...
September 9, 2022
Maureen Long has just appeared as a guest co-host for the first episode of Season 3 of the Every Rock Has A Story YouTube series. The series, which is hosted by EPS alum...
August 23, 2022
The Urey Prize is giving for outstanding achievement in planetary research by an early career scientist. The citation, which you can read at https://dps.aas.org/prizes/2022,...
August 9, 2022
Honorary Members are elected in recognition of long-term distinguished service to the science of mammalogy.  It is considered the Society’s highest honor.  Previously...
Embryonic quail hindquarters imaged using laser scanning confocal microscopy. The skeleton is in green, nerves are in blue, and muscles are in red. The pelvis of this quail embryo has just transformed into a relatively “modern” bird configuration. (Credit: Christopher T. Griffin and Bhart-Anjan S. Bhullar)
August 1, 2022
All baby birds have a moment prior to hatching when their hip bone is a tiny replica of a dinosaur’s pelvis. That’s one of the findings in a new, Yale-led study in the...