Contents of containers of fossils from 1909 expedition reconstructed nondestructively
Between 1909 and 1913, the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin organized and financed the German Tendaguru Expedition (GTE) to southern Tanzania, at that time still the German colony of Deutsch-Ostafrika. With the participation of more than 500 local Afric.....»»
Giant tooth of ancient marine reptile discovered in Alps
The fossils of three ichthyosaurs—giant marine reptiles that patrolled primordial oceans—have been discovered high up in the Swiss Alps, and include the largest ever tooth found for the species, a study said Thursday......»»
Consortium is Creating "Passports" to Track Contents and Repair History of Europe"s EV Batteries
Slashdot reader schwit1 shares this report from an automotive blog called The Truth About Cars: A group of German automakers, chemical concerns, and battery producers have announced the joint development of a "battery passport" designed to help gover.....»»
First leaf fossil study of Borneo"s rainforest reveals current ecosystem is ancient
The first study of leaf fossils conducted in the nation of Brunei on the island of Borneo has revealed that the current dominant tree group, the dipterocarps, has dominated the rainforests for at least 4 million years, according to an international r.....»»
Spider fossils glow under UV light, a clue to their remarkable preservation
Combination of anaerobic environment and sulfurization created stable carbon-rich films Enlarge / Fossilized spider from the Aix-en-Provence formation in France seen in hand sample overlain with fluorescent microscopy image of the same.....»»
Scientists solve mystery of why these rare spider fossils were preserved
Combination of anaerobic environment and sulfurization created stable carbon-rich films Enlarge / Fossilized spider from the Aix-en-Provence formation in France seen in hand sample overlain with fluorescent microscopy image of the same.....»»
The first scientific expedition to Panama"s unexplored Cordillera de Coiba sets sail
Last year, Panama expanded the Cordillera de Coiba marine protected area from 17,223 to 67,908 square kilometers (6,650 to 26,219 square miles). On April 27th, an international scientific expedition made up of researchers and students from the Smith.....»»
A biologist and an elite climber team up to hunt for new species in The Last Tepui
NatGeo documentary pairs Bruce Means and Alex Honnold on an Amazonian expedition Elite climber Alex Honnold teams up with NatGeo to bring biologist Bruce Means to the top of a massive “island in the sky” in The Last Tepui. Deep in th.....»»
Spyware and Pegasus: How Democracies Spy on Their Citizens
Writing for the New Yorker, Ronan Farrow reports on Pegasus, "a spyware technology designed by NSO Group, an Israeli firm, which can extract the contents of a phone, giving access to its texts and photographs, or activate its camera and microphone to.....»»
Biologist, elite climber team up to hunt for new species in The Last Tepui
NatGeo documentary pairs Bruce Means and Alex Honnold on an Amazonian expedition Elite climber Alex Honnold teams up with NatGeo to bring biologist Bruce Means to the top of a massive “island in the sky” in The Last Tepui. Deep in th.....»»
Nasty new botnet exploits Docker containers to mine cryptocurrency
Unknown threat actors are using compromised endpoints to mine Monero......»»
Glowing spider fossils prompt breakthrough study of how they were preserved at Aix-en-Provence
A geologic formation near Aix-en-Provence, France, is famed as one of the world's chief treasure troves of fossil species from the Cenozoic Era. Since the late 1700s, scientists there have been unearthing amazingly well-preserved fossilized plants an.....»»
Hillstone CloudArmour secures containers and virtual machines in hybrid multi-cloud environments
Hillstone Networks released Hillstone CloudArmour, a comprehensive cloud workload protection platform (CWPP). CloudArmour brings Hillstone’s enterprise-grade security to cloud workloads with features that include firewall micro-segmentation to halt.....»»
Researchers develop new ways of visualizing ancient small objects by combining technologies
Experts have developed new ways of visually representing ancient objects such as stone tools and fossils developing technologies currently only used in video games and computer graphics......»»
Adriatic ecosystems withstand major climate shifts but wither under human impact
An analysis of more than 70,000 fossils indicates that mollusk communities were incredibly resilient to major climatic shifts during the last ice age......»»
Linear polarization holography
In conventional holography, the hologram is formed by recording the interference fringes of two coherent beams using a photosensitive material. The amplitude and phase information of the original signal wave can be reconstructed correctly when readin.....»»
Private astronauts dock and then seriously crowd onto the space station
The largest orbiting laboratory in the sky just got a lot more crowded. The Axiom Space mission, the first all-private astronaut expedition to the International Space Station, made its arrival Saturday morning. While the ISS was flying 250 miles smac.....»»
What’s in the Bag?
Digital Trends’ Zeke Jones breaks down the contents of his personal gear bag to share the best portable tech setup for those on the go. From HD cameras to headphones, from lightweight speakers to chargers, Zeke demonstrates how tech is enabling his.....»»
Fish-like marine reptile buried in its own blubber in southern Germany 150 million years ago
A new study published in PeerJ uses modern methods to understand the preservation of unique ichthyosaur fossils. Two new ichthyosaur specimens—one complete animal and one tail—are the first to preserve outer body shape in the last, large group of.....»»
Scorpions" venomous threat to mammals is a relatively new evolutionary step
Despite their reputation as living fossils, scorpions have remained evolutionarily nimble—especially in developing venom to fend off the rise of mammal predators. A new genetic analysis of scorpions' toxin-making reveals recent evolutionary steps a.....»»
Hidden in a museum, we found the skull of a rare armored dinosaur that roamed Queensland 105 million years ago
You might think all important dinosaur "discoveries" are made as soon as fossils are collected in the field—that paleontologists instantly know the significance of what they've found......»»