The Extinction Before the Dinosaurs March 26, 2013 | National Science Foundation "More than 200 million years ago, a massive extinction decimated 76 percent of marine and... Small Planets in our Galaxy? June 14, 2012 | NASA "The formation of small worlds like Earth previously was thought to occur mostly around stars... Using Solar Power to Mobilize Heavy Crude? June 5, 2012 | Bloomberg.com Chevron could be using solar energy to produce the steam needed to mobilize heavy crude... The Impact of the Shale Boom on Refineries July 22, 2012 | Reuters Oil refineries have invested heavily in the equipment and processes that convert heavy crude into... An Early Start for the Stone Age August 15, 2012 | University of Colorado Boulder "The Later Stone Age emerged in South Africa more than 20,000 years earlier than previously... “Cloaking” Buildings from Earthquake Waves February 16, 2012 | CNET Researchers at the University of Manchester have proposed a structure that would protect a building... Dinosaur Decline in the Late Cretaceous May 2, 2012 | USAToday.com Researchers have determined that some dinosaur sub-groups were in decline long before the Late Cretaceous... Heavy Rains in Fiji April 3, 2012 | NASA Earth Observatory "This image shows rainfall totals between Papua New Guinea and Fiji from March 26 to... |