The kraken: a giant squid or octopus of myth, seems to have swam in the Cretaceous oceans, a Japanese study shows. Recovering a selection of truly revolutionary fossils from sediments in Japan and Vancouver Island, the researchers present a prehistoric…
Research from the University of Melbourne for the first time has confirmed the ancient impetus that formed the iconic Twelve Apostles, 25 miles of rock formations along Australia’s southern coast. The evidence is in: tectonic plate movements over milli…
An innovative solution that would guard against natural disasters facing the Gulf Coast region has won a $20 million infusion to make its vision a reality. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Gulf Futures Challenge has award…
In Australia, the eastern barred bandicoot was declared extinct in the wild in 1991, after the population dwindled to just 60 living at a landfill site in Victoria. But now, the marsupial has been “bred for survival” and will be released into a half do…
Prince has dropped a new track on the anniversary of his death 10 years ago last Tuesday. The Prince official YouTube channel has said that it will be releasing 10 tunes by the superstar this year as part of a never-before-released album project. GNN h…
A pilot study employing a new method for treating sewage sludge efficiently created renewable natural gas while slashing in half the cost of the treatment. The Washington State University team described the process this week in Chemical Engineering Jou…
