A new study suggests more solar radiation reached Earth while the magnetic field weakened, leading to a rise in oxygen that drove an explosion of multicellular organisms during the Ediacaran ...
Our geomagnetic field is one of the things that is different about Earth as opposed to say, Venus or Mars. It acts as a ...
A near collapse of Earth's magnetic field may have paved the way for life to evolve past the microscopic stage. New research on ancient rocks from South Africa and Brazil suggests that Earth's ...
Fossil impression of Dickinsonia, an example of Ediacaran fauna, found in present-day Australia. Credit: Shuhai Xiao/Virginia Tech. Millions of years ago, during a period called the Ediacaran ...
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Our Observatory, along with several others around the world, is involved in a project called GMIMS (pronounced “Gee Mims). This stands for “Global Magneto-Ionic Medium Survey.” As in many projects, a ...
A team of archaeologists affiliated with multiple institutions in Spain has used a new dating technique to more accurately estimate time differences between Paleolithic Age hearth fires.
Magnetic bead separation is widely used in the life sciences field. From cell sorting to molecular diagnostics, this technology can be used with a wide range of volumes, from a few nanoliters in ...
The sun's magnetic field, which causes solar storms like the one that hit Earth this month and produced beautiful auroras, may originate at shallower depths in the star's interior than previously ...
Premiums may be higher than policies that require a physical exam Coverage may be lower compared to medically underwritten policies A no-medical exam life insurance policy allows applicants to ...
Sometimes it seems that the real division between people has nothing to do with talent, wealth or beauty. For some people, life’s hard, and for some it’s easy; there’s not much logic attached to the ...
A £13 million Wiltshire mansion where Nancy Mitford and Siegfried Sassoon once partied with 'the brightest of the Bright Young Things' After Wilford Manor's glory days in the 1920s it became a ...