Plate tectonics had arranged the world's continents into a single massive landmasses: Pangaea. Today I attempt to use my knowledge of geography to create a basic map of what this land might have ...

Researchers have systematically detailed, step by step, how cognitive maps form in the brain's hippocampus -- a region responsible for learning and memory.

The Pliocene epoch, which lasted from 5.3 million to 2.6 million years ago, was a consequential time in Earth's history. The ...

THE question of defining the Pliocene - Pleistocene boundary has become important in recent years, because the practices of different geologists have varied to such an extent that deposits ...

Around 6 million years ago, between the Miocene and Pliocene epochs—or more specifically ... and writes/edits about sci-fi and how our world works. You can find his previous stuff at Gizmodo ...

Cosmopolitodus hastalis roamed the oceans during the Miocene and Pliocene epochs ... have been found in various locations around the world due to their widespread distribution in ancient times.

That was over a decade ago, though, which is an eternity in the world of software. After years of refinement, Apple Maps is pretty good now. I switch between Google Maps and Apple Maps regularly ...

In the scorching desert of Peru's Pisco Basin, a major fossil discovery has been made. Paleontologists have unearthed the nearly complete fossil of a colossal shark that prowled the ancient seas some ...

Full of emotional and deeply personal stories, the side content in these open-world games often outshines their main plots.

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