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April 7, 2014
New Yale-led research suggests how and when Earth came to develop one of its most distinct features — rigid tectonic plates — and why Venus, Earth’s twin-like neighbor, never...
April 3, 2014
New research by Yale University scientists challenges a long-standing paradigm for temperature variability in the Pacific Ocean, casting doubt on the existence of a past...
April 2, 2014
Congratulations to Shun for this highly prestigious honor!
March 15, 2014
Scientists have identified a new species of ancient porpoise with a chin length unprecedented among known mammals, and suggest the animal used the tip of its face to probe...
March 14, 2014
Scientists have found 450-million-year-old fossilized crustaceans entombed with their eggs and newly hatched offspring. At least one of the animals is a newly identified...
March 7, 2014
Curious about the early evolution of life, how it could have been linked to geochemical cycling, or simply interested in geomicrobiology? So are we, come join us at this...
March 5, 2014
The 2014 Augustus Love Medal is awarded to Shun-Ichiro Karato for outstanding wide-ranging contributions to geodynamics, epitomised by novel syntheses of theory with...