SCIENCE

• Mars Too Small to Be Habitable, New Study Suggests
  The habitability of Mars is limited by its small size, according to new research by Washington University in St. Louis planetary scientists. “Mars’ fate was decided from the beginning,” said senior author Dr. Kun Wang, a researcher in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis. “There is likely a […]
• New Jurassic Pterosaur Unearthed in Chile
  Paleontologists have unearthed and described the fragmentary fossilized remains of a non-pterodactyloid pterosaur in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile. The newly-described pterosaur inhabited the ancient supercontinent of Gondwana some 160 million years ago (Oxfordian age of the Late Jurassic epoch). It was a large-sized flying reptile with an elongated tail, pointed forward-facing teeth, and a […]