Mantle rocks bear traces of first fauna

Special rocks called kimberlites from the deep mantle show how the rapid development of fauna 540 million years ago permanently changed Earth.

ETH Zurich • futurity
March 10, 2022 ~6 min

Offshore wind farms could help capture carbon from air and store it long-term – using energy that would otherwise go to waste

Wind turbines often can produce more power than is needed for electricity onshore. That extra energy could be put to work capturing and storing carbon.

David Goldberg, Lamont Research Professor, Columbia University • conversation
Jan. 25, 2022 ~8 min


Offshore wind farms could help capture carbon from air and store it long-term, saving money – a geophysicist explains how

Wind turbines often can produce more power than is needed. That extra energy could be put to work capturing and storing carbon.

David Goldberg, Lamont Research Professor, Columbia University • conversation
Jan. 25, 2022 ~8 min

Ancient, hidden dust could reveal the secrets of the moon’s past

A hidden layer of soil and dust on the moon is much thicker than previously known. It may reveal new info about the history of the moon.

Matthew Carroll-Penn State • futurity
Dec. 14, 2021 ~5 min

Deep biosphere holds secrets to evolutionary history

"Understanding the history of the deep biosphere can provide insight into the evolution of life on Earth."

Daniel Stolte-Arizona • futurity
Nov. 11, 2021 ~7 min

New moon rocks are 1.97 billion years old

The first rocks recovered from the moon in more than 40 years, and taken from some of its youngest volcanic surfaces, are close to 1.97 billion years old.

Talia Ogliore-WUSTL • futurity
Oct. 8, 2021 ~6 min

Chang’e-5 samples reveal Moon rocks dating back less than 2 billion years – the youngest we've seen

A key goal of the Chang'e-5 mission was to find evidence of some of the youngest volcanic eruptions on the Moon.

Romain Tartese, Senior Research Fellow, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester • conversation
Oct. 7, 2021 ~6 min

Perseverance’s first major successes on Mars – an update from mission scientists

Perseverance and its helicopter sidekick, Ingenuity, have been on Mars for nearly nine months. The duo have taken rock samples, performed first flights and taken images of the delta in Jezero Crater.

Briony Horgan, Associate Professor of Planetary Science, Purdue University • conversation
Oct. 7, 2021 ~9 min


Radcliffe fellow’s project demystifies health care system

James Sturm used his skills as a comic book artist, and the help of several Harvard undergrads, to create a comic book that breaks down the health care industry.

Colleen Walsh • harvard
Aug. 31, 2021 ~7 min

Yukon fossils reveal 120 million years of evolution and O2

A trove of fossils from the Yukon sheds light on the time when land plants and complex animals first evolved on Earth.

Josie Garthwaite-Stanford • futurity
July 13, 2021 ~9 min

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