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Scientists compared dinosaurs to mammals for decades but missed this key difference
1+ hour, 32+ min ago (633+ words) Imagine a baby Brachiosaurus no bigger than a golden retriever searching for plants alongside its siblings while trying to avoid predators eager for an easy meal. Far away, its parents, towering more than 40 feet tall, continue their lives with no…...
Crisp Museum Hosts Dungeons and Dragons Session for Students
8+ hour, 44+ min ago (10+ words) Crisp Museum Hosts Dungeons and Dragons Session for Students'southeastarrow.com...
Fury as 100 million year old dinosaur park could be DESTROYED by AI
13+ hour, 5+ min ago (40+ words) Fury as 100 million year old dinosaur park could be DESTROYED by new AI data center'Daily Mail Fury as 100 million year old dinosaur park could be DESTROYED by new AI data center By EMMA RICHTER, US SENIOR NEWS REPORTER...
Some bacteria have a built-in compass that follows Earth’s magnetic field
13+ hour, 18+ min ago (825+ words) Deep in lakes and muddy sediments, certain bacteria navigate using an internal compass made of iron crystals. For decades, scientists have known these microbes align with Earth's magnetic field " but no one had directly measured how strong that tiny biological…...
Fossil Hunter Comes Across Stunning Find in Missouri, See It Here
13+ hour, 48+ min ago (151+ words) Fossil hunter Jason Howery made a dream discovery recently while searching for fossils in Missouri. Howery filmed what appeared to be a large fossil in an icy-cold waterway, and then he set up his camera as he entered the water…...
Pregnancy complications may help explain Neanderthal extinction
13+ hour, 52+ min ago (809+ words) A new medical review suggests that preeclampsia " a life-threatening pregnancy complication involving high blood pressure " may have played a role in the disappearance of Neanderthals. This extinct human group once lived across Europe and western Asia before modern humans spread…...
One of world’s smallest dinosaur fossils discovered in Argentina | Watch News Videos Online
14+ hour, 56+ min ago (36+ words) One of world's smallest dinosaur fossils discovered in Argentina'Global News Go Back Close Local Add Global News to Home Screen Close One of world's smallest dinosaur fossils discovered in Argentina Report a Video Issue...
Sex between Neandertals and anatomically modern humans tended to follow a specific pattern
16+ hour, 10+ min ago (652+ words) Sex between Neandertals and anatomically modern humans tended to follow a specific pattern Interbreeding between Neandertals and ancient anatomically modern humans primarily occurred between male Neandertals and female humans, a new study suggests By Jackie Flynn Mogensen edited by Claire…...
Ant fossil from Caribbean reshapes evolutionary timeline
17+ hour, 6+ min ago (834+ words) A 16-million-year-old ant queen trapped in amber has revealed the first fossil trace of her kind in the Western Hemisphere. The discovery shows that these small ground-living ants were already part of Caribbean forests millions of years ago, widening the…...
Spanish dinosaur eggs show two species shared one nest
18+ hour, 12+ min ago (826+ words) Four fossil dinosaur eggs found together in Guadalajara, Spain, have been confirmed to come from two distinct kinds of long-necked dinosaurs. That rare, side-by-side pairing has turned a single nesting site into a new benchmark for understanding how Europe's last…...