Up On The Roof, A Handful Of Urban Stardust
A jazz musician-turned-micrometeorite hunter gives advice on how to search for the tiny bits of cosmic dust that could be covering your rooftop.
How Do You Figure Out How Dinosaurs Walked?
Analyze the gait of bipedal organisms, including humans, chimps, and birds, then use pelvic anatomy to predict how theropod dinosaurs walked.
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In Frog Versus Dinosaur, This Frog Wins
By analyzing the bite force of frog jaws, researchers determined that an extinct giant frog from Madagascar could have devoured dinos.
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How Will The Wildfires Of Today Fuel The Fires Of Tomorrow?
Most wildfires are started by humans. Will that number increase in the future?
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Sleepy Times Under The Sea
New research indicates that even animals as simple as jellyfish have the need to doze.
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Why Do Dinosaurs Matter?
Long dead dinosaurs have plenty to teach us about Earth’s future.
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How Hurricane Irma Could Affect Florida’s Endangered Species
Biologists wait to assess the damage done to a delicate ecosystem.
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Finding Fossils Under The Sea (Of Kansas)
Paleontologists are piecing together the bones of giant fish and ancient reptiles that inhabited North America’s since long-dried inland sea.
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Hurricane Harvey And The New Normal
As Harvey devastates Houston, Michael Mann says it becomes increasingly clear that we live in an ever-evolving state of a “new normal.” Where do we go from there?
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‘That Is Unreal!’ Experiencing The Total Solar Eclipse
On August 21st, millions of Americans stopped what they were doing and looked up. Science Friday was there.