New Yale-led research suggests how and when Earth came to develop one of its most distinct features — rigid tectonic plates — and why Venus, Earth’s twin-like neighbor, never has.“We think it all comes down to the behavior of tiny grains of minerals...
Scientists have identified a new species of ancient porpoise with a chin length unprecedented among known mammals, and suggest the animal used the tip of its face to probe the seabed for food.(Reconstruction art by Pat Lynch)Related to living crown...
Paul Anastas, the Yale chemist widely known as the “father of green chemistry,” talks about greenhouse gases, science policy, Richard Nixon, and being “a sworn enemy of the status quo.”Paul AnastasFormerly head of research for the U.S. Environmental...
Openly gay collegiate faculty are significantly more uncomfortable at work than are closeted gay faculty, a pattern most severe for those working in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines, according to a Yale-led study.The pattern...
Dwarf galaxies may be small, but astronomers now know that they can hold massive black holes.Tiny dwarf galaxies can host massive black holes, according to researchers from Yale, Princeton, and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory. Depicted here is...