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The evolutionary path from dinosaurs to birds included the development of a tiny wrist bone that ultimately proved crucial for stabilizing wings in flight.
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In the latest “Rose Walk and Talk,” Yale paleontologist Bhart-Anjan Bhullar shares his thoughts — just in time for the next “Jurassic World” movie — on which dinosaurs would have been most aggressive around humans.
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A non-profit organization building on research from Yale’s Noah Planavsky has won the $50 million grand prize from the XPRIZE Carbon Removal international competition.
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Matthew Eisaman, a global expert in the field of natural carbon capture, was remembered as a pioneering scientist and a valued colleague and mentor.
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A new study finds that ocean acidity may have prevented life on Earth from developing for the planet’s first 500 million years.
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Yale researchers deliver insights into a pair of spiky sea creatures, the use of AI triage, and brain connections in the early stages of Alzheimer’s Disease.
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A new Yale study finds that a destabilized ozone layer may have delayed the rise of land animals and plants on Earth.
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In the field and in the lab, Assistant Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences Lidya Tarhan is deepening our understanding of early evolution and uncovering ancient organisms in Earth's sedimentary record.
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Yale researchers find paleontological origins of the way modern birds navigate the world when they’re not in flight.
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Derek Briggs, G. Evelyn Hutchinson Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, has helped identify ancient “gold” bug fossils as a new species of arthropod.