10 things you need to know about viruses Charles March 21, 2020 Earth, Listicles From global pandemics to drivers of evolution – how viruses shape the journey of life on Earth With the coronavirus pandemic causing misery around the world, it’s more important than ever to stay positive and ... Read More...
How Future Archaeologists Will Study Human Civilisation Charles December 20, 2018 Earth, Sky 1 From fossilised remnants of long-lost cities to technofossils to environmental catastrophe, how future archaeologists will study human civilisation By the beginning of the Cambrian Period, Earth’s oceans were ... Read More...
10 Modern-Day Animals with the Strangest Evolutionary Backgrounds Charles November 12, 2018 Earth, Listicles 1 Though almost universally accepted in the world of science, the story of evolution is far from predictable, which is why some animals have the strangest evolutionary backgrounds. Evolution is all about the sur... Read More...
What Would Happen if an Asteroid Hit the Earth? Charles June 26, 2018 Earth, Sky Unlike the dinosaurs, we humans have a fairly good idea of what would happen if an asteroid hit the Earth. Let’s explore the space-born apocalypse! 66-million years ago, an asteroid between six and nine miles ... Read More...
10 Fascinating Facts about the Permian Period Charles April 1, 2018 Earth, Listicles Long before the dinosaurs roamed the Earth, humid swamp forests, giant insects and amphibious megafauna ruled the landscape of the Permian Period. The last geographical period before the rise of the dinosaurs,... Read More...
The Cryogenian Glaciations and the Birth of Animals Charles February 7, 2018 Earth 1 720 million years ago, our world froze over during the Cryogenian glaciations, but that doesn’t seem to have prevented the rise of the very first animals. When we think of the ice age, the first image that us... Read More...
What Space Travel Will Look Like in the Future Charles December 18, 2017 Sky Science fiction might inspire us to dream, but here’s a rather more realistic vision of what space travel will look like in the future. When Jules Verne wrote his novel From the Earth to the Moon over 150 year... Read More...
Exploring the Environmental Ruin of the Permian Mass Extinction Charles October 26, 2017 Earth 252 million years ago, life on Earth almost ceased to exist as a volcanic apocalypse heralded the Permian Mass Extinction. When it comes to mass extinctions, the demise of the non-avian dinosaurs gets most of ... Read More...
10 Fascinating Discoveries Made by the Cassini-Huygens Mission Charles September 8, 2017 Listicles, Sky The enormously successful Cassini-Huygens Mission is ending, but it has made many important discoveries during its 20 years of service. After a two-month break over the summer, I think it’s most fitting to sta... Read More...
Could Dinosaurs Live in Today’s Environment? Charles June 28, 2017 Earth 4 Popular culture might try have us believe that dinosaurs could live in today’s environment, but the reality is far more complicated. “Life, uh, finds a way” is perhaps the most memorable quote from the 1993 hi... Read More...
