Well-Preserved Embryo Found Inside Fossilized Dinosaur Egg
A rare look inside a fossilized dinosaur egg found in southern China has revealed an exquisitely preserved embryo -- and evidence suggesting that some of these prehistoric creatures had even more in common with modern birds than previously thought. F.....»»
Stephen Hawking"s office and archive to be preserved in UK
Papers and a diverse range of personal items belonging to the late British astrophysicist Stephen Hawking have been acquired by Cambridge University and a UK museum group......»»
Dinosaur-age fossils provide new insights into origin of flowering plants
Flowering plants (angiosperms) dominate most terrestrial ecosystems, providing the bulk of human food. However, their origin has been a mystery since the earliest days of evolutionary thought......»»
Man Dies Inside Spanish Dinosaur Statue After Trying To Retrieve His Phone
According to The Guardian, a man in Catalonia died after becoming trapped inside a large dinosaur statue while trying to retrieve his smartphone. From the report: Officers were called to the statue in Santa Coloma de Gramenet, a satellite town of Bar.....»»
Human Tissue Preserved Since World War I Yields New Clues About 1918 Pandemic
sciencehabit quotes Science magazine: On 27 June 1918, two young German soldiers—one age 18, the other 17—died in Berlin from a new influenza strain that had emerged earlier that year. Their lungs ended up in the collection of the Berlin.....»»
Embryo cryopreservation minimizes cryoinjuries, offers hope for would-be parents
What are the most delicate and valuable things you have handled? How would you feel if your daily job involved handling human eggs and any mistakes would affect someone's life?.....»»
Mexican paleontologists identify new "talkative" dinosaur species
Paleontologists identified a new species of dinosaur after a specimen from about 73 million years ago was found in northern Mexico, the country's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) said Thursday......»»
Archaeologists discover remains of 9 Neanderthals near Rome
Italian archaeologists have uncovered the fossilized remains of nine Neanderthals in a cave near Rome, shedding new light on how the Italian peninsula was populated and under what environmental conditions......»»
Stem cells create early human embryo structure in advance for fertility research
Stem cells have the ability to turn into different types of cell. Now scientists have developed a method to organize lab-grown stem cells into an accurate model of the first stage of human embryo development......»»
What can a dinosaur"s inner ear tell us? Just listen
If paleontologists had a wish list, it would almost certainly include insights into two particular phenomena: how dinosaurs interacted with each other and how they began to fly......»»
Shuvuuia: A dinosaur that hunted in the dark
Today's 10,000 species of birds live in virtually every habitat on Earth, but only a handful have adaptations enabling them to hunt active prey in the dark of night. Scientists have long wondered whether theropod dinosaurs—the group that gave rise.....»»
Gillmor Gang: Walk the Dinosaur
Clubhouse hosted another excellent conversation between Josh Constine and Facebook’s audio czar Fidji Simo. The format continues to sparkle, as I was once again forced to choose between MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow or Lawrence O’Donnell an.....»»
New duckbilled dinosaur discovered in Japan
An international team of paleontologists has identified a new genus and species of hadrosaur or duck-billed dinosaur, Yamatosaurus izanagii, on one of Japan's southern islands......»»
More than one scribe wrote the text of a Dead Sea Scroll, handwriting shows
Using pattern recognition and AI techniques "opens new window" to ancient world. Enlarge / Photographic reproduction of the Great Isaiah Scroll, the best preserved of the biblical scrolls found at Qumran. It contains the entire Book of Isaiah in.....»»
New giant dinosaur species discovered in Chile
Chilean paleontologists announced Monday the discovery of a new species of giant dinosaurs called Arackar licanantay......»»
Walk the dinosaur: New biomechanical model shows Tyrannosaurus rex in a swinging gait
Researchers from the Netherlands have created a new approach to envision how dinosaurs walked. By modeling a T. rex tail as a suspension bridge, the scientists formed a new idea of the animal's walking speed. Trix, the tyrannosaur from Naturalis muse.....»»
International paleontology team discovers tiny cat-sized stegosaur
A single footprint left by a cat-sized dinosaur around 100 million years ago has been discovered in China by an international team of paleontologists......»»
What Octopus Dreams Tell Us About the Evolution of Sleep
Understanding how other animals dream could help us figure out why it’s so important to the human brain, and why it may have been preserved throughout history......»»
Short duration of the Yixian Formation and "Chinese Dinosaur Pompeii"
The Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota, renowned for its exceptionally well preserved volcanic-influenced ecosystem, was buried in lacustrine and occasionally fluvial sediments in northern Hebei and western Liaoning, China. It includes large amount of evol.....»»
Foetus in bishop"s coffin was probably his grandson
Bishop Peder Winstrup died in 1679, and is one of the most well-preserved human bodies from the 1600s. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden may now have solved the mystery of why a fetus was hidden in his coffin in Lund Cathedral. DNA from the bi.....»»
The Deep-time Digital Earth program: Data-driven discovery in geosciences
Humans have long explored three big scientific questions: the evolution of the universe, the evolution of Earth, and the evolution of life. Geoscientists have embraced the mission of elucidating the evolution of Earth and life, which are preserved in.....»»