High on the Tibetan Plateau, in the Baishiya Karst Cave, a fascinating ancient story of human survival unfolds. A recent study reveals that the Denisovans, an extinct species of humans, called this place home for thousands of years. Apart from their significant genetic contribution to modern humans, very little is known about the Denisovans. Somehow, … Read more
When something turns pink in nature, it is usually not a good sign. But strange pink sand washing up on South Australia’s beaches has exposed an ancient Antarctic mountain range thought to be buried under ice. When pink streaks first appeared in the sand of Petrel Cove, a remote beach that flows into the Southern … Read more
Space flight doesn’t usually come to mind when you think of the serene, green mountains of North Carolina. It’s true that NASA built the (now defunct) Rosman Satellite Tracking and Data Acquisition Facility among the rolling hills of Appalachia in the early 1960s to track Soviet satellites and relay communications for the Gemini and Apollo … Read more