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Pāhoehoe and Aa flows at Hawaii provide a small-scale model of the kind of massive floods associated with exponentially larger, more violent eruptions that would have led to cataclysmic changes in the environment that wiped out the majority of life on Earth. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

I think I remember the end of the world

Cole Eckhardt March 2, 2017

I spend an inordinate amount of time thinking about the apocalypse, and I'm starting to think it's genetic. Humans have been imagining creative renditions of the end of the world for thousands of years. Christianity,...

Why you mod my rex, bro?

June 22, 2015

Jurassic World: Dinosaurs alive and on view for amusement, perfectly reconstructed ancient DNA and Chris Pratt as the Ceasar Milan of Velociraptors. I can watch CGI dinosaurs eat irritating movie characters...

Science Weekly: Evolution of the ribosome revealed

July 7, 2014

The Georgia Institute of Technology has discovered how the ribosome originated and evolved. By digitally uncovering each layer of ribosomes in the modern day, scientists have been able to uncover some...

‘Cosmos’ reignites religious debate

March 25, 2014

“The Cosmos is all that is, or ever was, or ever will be,” said renowned scientist Carl Sagan when introducing the critically acclaimed 13-part television series “Cosmos: A Personal Voyage,”...

Study shows human intelligence decreasing

December 1, 2012

According to a new study published in Trends in Genetics Journal, humans are progressively becoming less intelligent. Despite modern technology and the innovative breakthroughs in science, Stanford geneticist...

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