A new species of pterosaur — a flying reptile that lived 100 million years ago — has been discovered by scientists in Africa. Known as Afrotapejara zouhrii, it is the first of its kind found in Africa. Others have been seen in Europe, as well as Brazil and China. Living during the Cretaceous period, these […]
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Hubble captures unique ‘cannibal’ galaxy in amazing image
The Hubble Space Telescope captured a stunning image of galaxy that’s hiding a secret. The spiral galaxy is known as NGC 4651, and although it looks relatively calm and quiet swirling out in deep space, the European Space Agency says it harbors a “violent secret.” “It is believed that this galaxy consumed another smaller galaxy […]
10 largest meat-eating dinosaurs
There’s been an ongoing dispute over what was the world’s largest carnivorous dinosaur. Calculating a dinosaur’s weight is not an exact science, and some research has suggested that estimates of extinct animals’ mass have been vastly overestimated: when applied to living animals like elephants, these methods (basing weight off of specimen length, bone length/density, etc.) […]
Hidden footage from secret WWII code-breaking base discovered
Hidden wartime footage of a secret World War II code-breaking site in Southern England has been discovered. The footage is of Whaddon Hall in Buckinghamshire, a secret site connected to the famous Bletchley Park code-breaking base. Experts at Bletchley Park helped break the famous German Enigma Code. Bletchley Park is now a museum dedicated to […]
Wild animals have taken over the streets in major cities because of the coronavirus pandemic
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. The coronavirus pandemic has left most of the world’s major cities, including London, New York and others, empty. As humans hunker down, with shelter-in-place measures around the world enacted, wild animals have started to take over. Several pictures taken by photographers around […]
Flush with lid down: COVID-19 can be transmitted via ‘aerosolized feces,’ study warns
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here Scientists are still learning a great deal about COVID-19 and how it spreads, but they have learned it can be transmitted via “aerosolized feces,” according to a new study. The research, published by Association for Professionals in Infection Control […]
Stunning NASA image shows Rosetta Nebula giving birth to stars
NASA released a stunning image of the Rosetta Nebula on Thursday. The colorful image captured by the Herschel Space Observatory shows dust clouds associated with the stellar nursery, which is about 5,000 light-years from Earth. The nebula is located in the Monoceros, or Unicorn, constellation. The bright smudges in the image are dusty cocoons containing […]
Evidence of ancient rainforest in Antarctica point to warmer prehistoric world
Rainforests near the South Pole? It may sound far-fetched, but new research indicates the Antarctic climate was much warmer some 90 million years ago. The teacm of British and German scientists examinded forest soil from the Cretaceous period within 559 miles of the South Pole and analyzed the preserved roots, pollen and spores within the […]
NASA’s Perseverance rover carrying ‘special’ hidden message to Mars
NASA’s new Mars rover, aptly named Perseverance in these trying times, has a “special message” hidden on it, the space agency has revealed. Nearly 11 million names are etched on silicon chips that are being held on an aluminum plate on the rover. On the plate, there is a message stating “Explore As One,” written in Morse […]
Family of 34-year-old coronavirus patient on life support makes plea for experimental drug
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. The family of Michael Goldsmith, a 34-year-old father of two who is on life support after being diagnosed with COVID-19, has made a desperate plea to get him the experimental drug treatment remdesivir. The antiviral, which is awaiting […]
