Imagine peering inside a 520-million-year-old larva, discovering parts of the brain, internal organs, soft tissue, and nervous system preserved in stunning detail. This is precisely what a team of scientists from Britain’s Natural History Museum achieved with an extraordinary fossil unearthed in China. Insights into ancient life. This fossil,...

Scientists discover stunning 520-million-year-old fossil with intact brain and organs

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The secret to pterosaurs taking flight long before birds and bats dominated the air was wasn't feathers or hollow bones.
Although those features no doubt helped, new research shows that a lattice-like structure stopped pterosaurs' broad-ended tails fluttering like flags in the wind and instead, once stiffened, helped guide these flying reptiles into the sky.



					
			

Pterosaurs took to the skies using powered flight about 215 million years ago, the first vertebrates to do so. Although they started out small, amongst their ranks were some of the largest flying animals in Earth's history.
Like birds, pterosaurs had feathers, but they weren't birds, nor were...

Scientists Can Finally Reveal The Secret of How Pterosaurs Took Flight

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Dutch scientists have unveiled the country's first laboratory to research how autonomous miniature drones can mimic insects to accomplish tasks ranging from finding gas leaks in factories to search-and-rescue missions. Called the Swarming Lab, researchers at the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) say they aim to put a "self-flying" swarm of 100 tiny drones in the air, able to perform around the clock tasks.This includes the drones landing by themselves on recharging pods and taking off again to continue flying -- without humans ever having to get involved. "We are working not only to get these robots to be aware of...

Miniscule drones mimicking insects being tried for dangerous human tasks

The Week

For the first time, researchers have reconstructed fossilized chromosomes

Scientists just made a big breakthrough with woolly mammoth DNA

A team of researchers including scientists from the University of Oxford have made an astonishing discovery of a new species of mollusk that lived 500 million years ago. The new fossil, called Shishania aculeata, reveals that the most primitive mollusks were flat, shell-less slugs covered in a protective spiny armor. The findings have been published in the journal Science.

Researchers uncover 500 million-year-old mollusk ancestor

Blanco, TX

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Brigid Pfeifer

There were a number of celebrities who passed away within the past week, including two notable actresses: Shelley Duvall and Shannen Doherty. Shelley Duvall passed away on Thursday July 11th at her home in Blanco, Texas. The cause of death was complications from diabetes and news of her death was confirmed by her partner Dan Gilroy.

Two Beloved Hollywood Actresses Have Passed Away This Week

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The mantis shrimp is one tough customer. Beautiful and deadly are two words you don’t typically use to describe shrimp, but the mantis shrimp is definitely in a class of its own; earning a reputation as the ‘savage boxer of the sea’ and one of the most fearsome creatures in the ocean. And, they're right at home here in South Carolina.

Savage Boxer of the Sea: The Deadly Beauty of Mantis Shrimp

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Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

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A dangerous drug that is being mixed into fentanyl is causing those who inject it to develop a rash of sores that resembles a case of flesh-eating bacteria. People experiencing homelessness around Denver can sometimes be seen with these bloody, weeping wounds. I recently mentioned this phenomenon to a fentanyl user who told me about the xylazine connection.

Denver homeless people suffer sores as xylazine enters fentanyl supply

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Have you ever wondered what the future of warfare might look like? Well, it’s starting to take shape right above our heads. 

The U.S. Air Force has just unveiled a new aircraft that’s turning heads and raising eyebrows across the globe.

But don’t expect to see a pilot in the cockpit. This high-tech innovation flies itself.

XQ-67A: The new kid on the block

On a sunny California day in February 2024, something extraordinary took flight. The XQ-67A, a sleek unmanned aircraft, soared into the sky for the first time, giving us a glimpse into the future of aerial combat and reconnaissance.

The XQ-67A is what’s known as a drone...

US Air Force’s new cutting-edge drone thinks, flies, acts on its own

Space.com

A robotic excavator could build a dry stone wall to act as a blast shield around a launch pad on the moon, a new study suggests.

Moon robots could build stone walls to protect lunar bases from rocket exhaust

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Long-held beliefs about what chimps are capable of have been challenged – but not everyone is convinced.

Videos Of Chimps Saying "Mama" Fuel Debate Around Speech Capabilities In Non-Human Apes

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Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

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Bryshere Gray's name has been added to a growing list. Some Virginians have been keeping up with the ever-increasing tales of celebrities and their alleged connections to the saga of Sean Diddy Combs. There are now rumors that Empire actor Bryshere Gray is suing Diddy and Will Smith.

Empire actor Bryshere Gray is allegedly suing Will Smith and Sean Combs

TOULOUSE, FRANCE—According to an IFL Science report, an international team of researchers coordinated by Ludovic Orlando of the Centre of Anthropobiology and Genomics of Toulouse, the French National Center for Scientific Research, and the University of Paul Sabatier radiocarbon dated the bones and analyzed the genomes of 475 ancient horses recovered from different locations across the Eurasian continent. The researchers looked for evidence of the spread of the ancestors of modern domestic horses, signs of human intervention in horse breeding, and the recombination of mutations in the genomes in order to determine the interval between generations. The study suggests that domestic horses were first produced in large numbers some 4,200 years ago. “Breeders controlled the reproduction of the animal so well that they almost halved the time interval between two generations,” Orlando said. “Put simply, they were able to accelerate the breeding process, effectively doubling their production rate,” he explained. Pablo Librado of the Institute of Evolutionary Biology of Barcelona added that the technique that the scientists developed to measure changes in generation times could also be used to analyze the development of other domesticated animal species, and perhaps even shifts in hunter-gatherer populations brought about by climate changes or changes in lifestyles. Read the original scholarly article about this research in Nature. For more on the importance of horses throughout human history, go to "The Story of the Horse."

Genetic Study Tracks Horse Domestication

Microplastics are a huge issue plaguing our oceans — but at the same time, they're too small to easily remove from the water. However, 18-year-old scientist Fionn Ferreira may have discovered the solution for that. The West Cork, Ireland native won the Grand Prize at the Google Science Fair for coming up with a pretty genius way to take microplastics out of the ocean.

18-year-old's solution to the microplastic crisis wins the Google Science Fair

New research from scientists at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography finds a tiny freshwater parasite known to cause health problems in humans defends its colonies with a class of soldiers that cannot reproduce. The discovery, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences vaults this species...

Biologists discover human-infecting parasite produces sterile soldiers like ants and termites

Interesting Engineering

Bioinspired adaptation techniques allow flapping robots to remain functional and efficient despite significant damage.

Caltech’s damaged robot adapts to swim like injured fish with AI power

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Sha’Carri Richardson, the fastest woman in the world, has stunned fans with her incredible speed. Now, scientists say she might be able…
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She’s Magic! Scientists Believe Sha’Carri Richardson Could Theoretically Walk On Water

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The Georgia HEART 2023 Annual Report reveals how, through the Georgia Rural Hospital Tax Credit program, concerned Georgia citizens have helped enhance the financial stability, operational capacities, and health care outcomes of rural hospitals throughout the state.

Georgia HEART: Record-Breaking Results in 2023; Exceptional DOAA Performance Audit

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Worm that lived 520 million years ago explains insect evolution

Researchers have excavated a rare and intriguing fossil that transports us back more than half a billion years. This fossil, named Youti yuanshi, sparks our curiosity...

Worm that lived 520 million years ago explains insect evolution

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