http://www.ccnmag.com Tue, 21 May 2013 12:17:35 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/invasive_crazy_ants_are_displacing_fire_ants Invasive "crazy ants" are displacing fire ants in areas across the southeastern United States, according to researchers It's the latest in a history of ant invasions from the southern hemisphere and may prove to have dramatic effects on the ecosystem of CalTechNews Mon, 20 May 2013 20:11:55 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/billion-year-old_water_could_hold_clues_to_life_on_earth_and_mars A UK-Canadian team of scientists has discovered ancient pockets of water, which have been isolated deep underground for billions of years and contain abundant chemicals known to support life CalTechNews Wed, 15 May 2013 19:10:46 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/mexico_s_popocatepetl_volcano_awakens Seismic activity has increased at the Popocatepetl volcano near Mexico City, leading authorities to alert towns in two central states and the capital CalTechNews Mon, 13 May 2013 08:02:20 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/ants_can_sense_earthquakes_a_day_in_advance Ants know when an earthquake is about to strike, researchers have discovered. Their behavior changes significantly prior to the quake and they resume normal functioning only a day after it CalTechNews Sat, 13 Apr 2013 19:40:11 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/origin_of_life_on_earth_high-salt_environment A structural biologist at the Florida State University College of Medicine has made discoveries that could lead scientists a step closer to understanding how life first emerged on Earth billions of years ago CalTechNews Fri, 05 Apr 2013 21:45:35 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/new_evidence_ancient_asteroid_caused_global_firestorm_on_earth A new look at conditions after a Manhattan-sized asteroid slammed into a region of Mexico in the dinosaur days indicates the event could have triggered a global firestorm that would have burned every twig, bush and tree on Earth and led to the extinction CalTechNews Wed, 27 Mar 2013 22:59:46 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/megavolcanoes_and_pre-dinosaur_mass_extinction Scientists examining evidence across the world from New Jersey to North Africa say they have linked the abrupt disappearance of half of earth's species 200 million years ago to a precisely dated set of gigantic volcanic eruptions CalTechNews Thu, 21 Mar 2013 14:50:49 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/_lubricant_for_earth_s_tectonic_plates_found Scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego have found a layer of liquefied molten rock in Earth's mantle that may be acting as a lubricant for the sliding motions of the planet's massive tectonic plates CalTechNews Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:22:41 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/lost_tectonic_plate_found A tectonic plate that disappeared under North America millions of years ago still peeks out in central California and Mexico, new research finds CalTechNews Wed, 20 Mar 2013 10:46:54 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/the_calm_before_the_solar_storm_ NASA warns 'something unexpected is happening to the Sun' CalTechNews Sat, 09 Mar 2013 10:27:50 +0100