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41+ min ago   (330+ words) The Times of India For more than a century, one question has divided scientists: How did the first birds take flight?Did they evolve from dinosaurs that ran across the ground before taking off? Or did they glide down from…...

2+ hour, 55+ min ago   (441+ words) For a whole generation of Atlanta-area kids, a trip to Fernbank Museum of Natural History has meant one thing: coming face-to-face with dinosaurs. And this month, those prehistoric giants are celebrating a major milestone. For 25 years, Fernbank's enormous dinosaur casts…...

2+ hour, 47+ min ago   (206+ words) To study the rare fossils without damaging them, the researchers used micro-X-ray fluorescence scanning to map chemical elements across the surface of the bones. The scans revealed clear differences in the chemical composition of bones from different geological periods. Older…...

5+ hour, 42+ min ago   (377+ words) Early flight may have been powered by a series of leaps rather than a single jump, research has found. New research from the University of Southampton suggests the first bird used its hind legs to launch into the air. The…...

3+ hour, 51+ min ago   (1329+ words) Wonder what it’s like to see the world from a “left-handed” point of view? On International Lefthanders Day, August 13, you get to explore that world for a day. Rock out with Paul McCartney or Jimi Hendrix, the world’s greatest left-handed…...

3+ hour, 8+ min ago   (834+ words) School summer holidays are in full flow, but for many parents filling the weeks with new and exciting activities can be daunting. The cost of a day trip can soon add up, especially when you factor in food and admissions…...

4+ hour, 6+ min ago   (298+ words) Some cynodonts may have been giving birth to live young much sooner in evolutionary history than previously assumed. A new Frontiers in Mammal Science study has offered the first compelling evidence that cynodonts may have been viviparous – a reproductive mode…...

3+ hour, 12+ min ago   (865+ words) Trying to master Irish dancing in primary school was, for me, an exercise in public humiliation. I couldn’t tell my left from my right. While everyone else seemed to glide effortlessly around the room, I lurched in the wrong direction…...

12+ hour, 12+ min ago   (286+ words) Crocodiles and alligators are known for being patient ambush predators, waiting motionless for unsuspecting prey to come within reach. However, some species have taken this strategy even further by balancing twigs and sticks across their snouts. This unusual approach attracts…...

4+ hour, 12+ min ago   (539+ words) New fossil pushes a shift from egg laying to live birth back by 90 million years A life reconstruction of the cynodont Chiniquodon theotonicus, which lived about 236 million years ago, portraying a pregnant female (illustrated, left) and a female nursing a…...