A team of scientists has accurately dated 85-million-year-old dinosaur eggs by applying a technique more commonly used on cave formations. The research, published in Frontiers in Earth Science, ...

Radiometric dating, utilizing the predictable decay rates of radioactive isotopes within rocks and other materials, is the primary method for determining the age of geological samples. Multiple ...

Image: A secondary electron microscopy image of a zircon from volcanic ash, about four thousandths of an inch (100 microns) across. The zircon has been cut and polished, then treated with ...

Archaeologists in China have dated dinosaur eggs for the first time, revealing the age of the ancient fossils, according to a new study published in Frontiers in Earth Science. A research team, led by ...

Thirty years ago, thousands of fossilized dinosaur eggs were discovered in Yunyang District in central China. Now, for the first time, researchers have directly dated the preserved shells, using a ...

Though cigarettes are almost certainly more deadly, new research once again suggests that there are downsides to e-cigarettes as well. The research, published in the journal Tobacco Control, analyzed ...

The massive 19-mile-wide Hiawatha crater underneath the northwestern ice sheet in Greenland is millions of years older than previously thought, according to new research published Wednesday in the ...