Birds have spread their wings the world over, but they first took flight at least 150 million years ago, during the dinosaur age. In his new book “The Story of Birds: A New History from Their Dinosaur Origins to the Present” (Mariner Books, 2026), Steve Brusatte, who is a paleontologist at the University of Edinburgh … Read more
Scientists have found new evidence that a massive comet trail may have caused climate upheaval on Earth more than 12,000 years ago. Tiny particles detected in ocean sediment cores suggest that dust from a large, disintegrating comet entered Earth’s atmosphere around the beginning of the Younger Dryas event, a period of abrupt cooling that caused … Read more
We’re launching a brand new feature on Liminal Fiction – “Writer Fuel – cool real-world stories that might inspire your little writer heart. Today: The sun is always showering Earth with a mist of magnetized particles known as solar wind. For the most part, our planet’s magnetic shield blocks this electric wind from doing any … Read more
