These Dinosaurs Had a Complicated Air Conditioner in Their Skull
Cooling 5,000-pound, armor-plated giants was no small feat......»»
Fossils of giant sea lizard with dagger-like teeth show how our oceans have fundamentally changed since the dinosaur era
Paleontologists have discovered a strange new species of marine lizard with dagger-like teeth that lived near the end of the age of dinosaurs. Their findings, published in Cretaceous Research, show a dramatically different ocean ecosystem to what we.....»»
New "digital twin" Earth technology could help predict water-based natural disasters before they strike
The water cycle looks simple in theory—but human impacts, climate change, and complicated geography mean that in practice, floods and droughts remain hard to predict. To model water on Earth, you need incredibly high-resolution data across an immen.....»»
How to transfer your SIM from an Android phone to an iPhone 15
Apple's move to eSIM on the iPhone 15 isn't as complicated as it sounds. Here's how to get your SIM transferred over if you're coming from an Android phone......»»
How to factory reset an HP laptop to start fresh or for resale
Does your HP laptop require a dreaded factory reset? Fortunately, this isn’t too complicated of a process, and our guide should be a big help!.....»»
Brutally bludgeoned “Vittrup Man” went from forager to farmer before his death
The skull was shattered by at least eight blows before the body was tossed into a peat bog. Enlarge / The cranial remains of Vittrup Man, who was bludgeoned to death and tossed in a peat bog between 3300-3100 BCE. (credit: Stephe.....»»
Study shows orchid family emerged in northern hemisphere and thrived alongside dinosaurs for 20 million years
In a new study published in New Phytologist, scientists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, along with partners in Latin America, Asia and Australia, present an updated family tree of orchids, tracing their origins to the northern hemisphere some 85 m.....»»
Snakes do it faster, better: How a group of scaly, legless lizards hit the evolutionary jackpot
More than 100 million years ago, the ancestors of the first snakes were small lizards that lived alongside other small, nondescript lizards in the shadow of the dinosaurs......»»
Skull and Bones: Ubisoft’s pirate adventure is more red flag than Black Flag
Skull and Bones features some thrilling naval battles, but everything around them isn't quite as exciting......»»
New study suggests birds began diversifying long before dinosaurs went extinct
A multi-institutional, international team of evolutionary biologists, genetics specialists and phylogenomicists has found evidence that bird species began diversifying long before the dinosaurs went extinct......»»
The San people of southern Africa: Where ethics codes for researching indigenous people could fail them
There is a long and often complicated history of researchers studying Indigenous people. In 1999, the education scholar Linda Tuhiwai-Smith, in her book "Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples, "emphasized the colonial character.....»»
The hidden rule for flight feathers and how it could reveal which dinosaurs could fly
Birds can fly—at least, most of them can. Flightless birds like penguins and ostriches have evolved lifestyles that don't require flight. However, there's a lot that scientists don't know about how the wings and feathers of flightless birds differ.....»»
Can a $10 Raspberry Pi break your PC’s disk encryption? It’s complicated.
Exploit works on PCs with discrete TPM chips, which are rarer in modern systems. Enlarge / A $10 Raspberry Pi Pico-based TPM sniffing tool, designed to grab the Bitlocker disk encryption keys from some models of Lenovo laptop. (.....»»
Ultros review: a bold, beautiful, and baffling Metroidvania
Even if its complicated gameplay leaves you lost, Ultros is a bold artistic vision that you need to see to believe......»»
How to play with friends in Skull and Bones
No pirate made a name for themselves with some friends helping out, especially in Skull and Bones. If you're stuck trying to get friends to join, here's how......»»
All Skull and Bones beta rewards
Want some extra loot for your time playing the Skull and Bones beta? Here are all the prizes and how to get them before the beta closes and the game releases......»»
Is Skull and Bones crossplay?
When shoving off to sail the seas in Skull and Bones, you will need a crew backing you up. Let's uncover the treasure about if this game supports crossplay......»»
Is there an ExpressVPN free trial in 2024? It’s complicated
An ExpressVPN free trial doesn't exist but we can provide insight into how to get one of the best VPNs for less thanks to these deals......»»
New research discovers adult Komodo teeth are surprisingly similar to those of theropod dinosaurs
Kilat, the largest living lizard at the Toronto Metro Zoo, like other members of his species (Varanus komodoensis), truly deserves to be called the Komodo dragon. His impressive size and the way he looks at you and tracks your every move makes you re.....»»
Dinosaurs" success helped by specialized stance and gait, study finds
Dinosaurs' range of locomotion made them incredibly adaptable, University of Bristol researchers have found. In a new study, published today in Royal Society Open Science, findings show that the first dinosaurs were simply faster and more dynamic tha.....»»
Robo-dinosaur scares grasshoppers to shed light on why dinos evolved feathers
The feathers may have helped dinosaurs frighten and flush out prey. Enlarge / Grasshoppers, beware! Robopteryx is here to flush you from your hiding place. (credit: Jinseok Park, Piotr Jablonski et al., 2024) Scientists.....»»