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Brazil Pushes to Reclaim Fossils Held in 14 Countries
5+ hour, 27+ min ago (465+ words) The drive: Brazil has around 20 restitution negotiations underway to recover fossils and heritage from 14 countries. Who holds them: The United States leads with eight open cases, followed by Germany with four and the United Kingdom with three. Recent wins: Returns…...
Tiny Blue Octopus Unlike Any We Know of Discovered Near The Galapagos
7+ hour, 38+ min ago (555+ words) On the ocean floor near the Galapagos Islands, a submersible controlled by scientists came across a mysterious octopus as blue as the ocean and no bigger than a golf ball. "He's tiny! It's blue!" one excited scientist was recorded as…...
People Were Fitted With Wings in VR and Their Brains Started Treating Them Almost Like Body Parts
7+ hour, 32+ min ago (172+ words) After VR flight training, human brains began treating wings more like limbs....
China dinosaur footprints reveal one of slowest carnivorous dinosaurs recorded
8+ hour, 33+ min ago (494+ words) Discover the engineering revolution transforming modern defense with Strength, Stealth, Speed: The Very Fast Future of Advanced Defense We usually picture carnivorous dinosaurs sprinting. This one appears to have wandered through its environment at little more than tortoise pace. Researchers…...
The mystery of T. rex's tiny arms might finally be solved | CNN
4+ hour, 10+ min ago (732+ words) Scientists may have finally solved the riddle of Tyrannosaurus rex's small arms, which have always stood out as the oddest feature in the mightiest of dinosaurs, prompting jokes and a century-plus debate on their purpose and evolutionary history. At about…...
T. rex's small arms may fit a 180-million-year pattern
4+ hour, 47+ min ago (712+ words) Scientists may have finally solved the riddle of Tyrannosaurus rex's small arms, which have always stood out as the oddest feature in the mightiest of dinosaurs, prompting jokes and a century-plus debate on their purpose and evolutionary history. At about…...
Why did T. rex have tiny arms? A new study may finally have the answer
10+ hour, 3+ min ago (363+ words) By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — Scientists may have finally solved the riddle of Tyrannosaurus rex's small arms, which have always stood out as the...
A New T. rex Has Been Discovered. But This One Ruled The Sea
10+ hour, 2+ min ago (424+ words) Scientists identify a giant Texas mosasaur with serrated teeth and a brutal bite....
A Biologist Explains What The First Eyes On Earth Could See. Hint: They Were Made Of Crystal
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (795+ words) Millions of years before color vision and binocular sight, one of the animal kingdom's most transformative inventions emerged: the eye. Although eyesight seems incredibly commonplace today, few people realize that vision wasn't always part of life's toolbox. The earliest fossil…...
Scientists Discovered the Brutal Reason T. Rex Had Those Tiny Shrimp Arms
11+ hour, 18+ min ago (125+ words) Researchers now think there's an actual evolutionary reason explaining why the T. rex evolved those famously pathetic arms....