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December 2, 2015
The Earth’s tectonic plates may be more flexible than previously thought as they slide underneath each other and dive deep below the surface, according to new observations...
November 9, 2015
Nova’s “Making North American”, hosted by G&G alum Kirk Johnson, premiered November 4, 2015 on PBS, Episode two “Life” which features Noah Planavsky, will premiere...
November 6, 2015
Although reconstruction of the phylogeny of living birds has progressed tremendously in the last decade, the evolutionary history of Neoaves—a clade that encompasses nearly...
October 15, 2015
From the Academy’s website: “Being elected a member of the Academy constitutes exclusive recognition of successful achievements. These could be prominent research in...
September 29, 2015
Earth’s early burrowers were slow to discover the bottom of the ocean as a good place to kick up dirt. New research suggests that ancient marine animals took millions of...
September 24, 2015
Yale University scientists have answered a 40-year-old question about Arctic ice thickness by treating the ice floes of the frozen seas like colliding molecules in a fluid or...
September 9, 2015
The award is given for the best oral presentation by a student studying paleoecology. Matt’s presentation was titled, “What actually happens to functional diversity...