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How life on Earth has evolved underground

3 years ago from Physorg

Hidden beneath Australia's surface, aquatic ecosystems that have survived in complete isolation for millions of years shed light on the evolution of living and extinct species.

No sports, no bars. So what's a sports bar to do?

3 years ago from LA Times - Health

Kelly's Korner Tavern remains open, in large part, because it has a secret weapon: honest-to-goodness delicious bar food.

Ancient giant armored fish fed in a similar way to basking sharks

3 years ago from Science Daily

Scientists have shown that the Titanichthys -- a giant armored fish that lived in the seas and oceans of the late Devonian period 380-million-years ago -- fed in a similar...

Watch: Ken Jeong says Lil Wayne was the biggest surprise on 'Masked Singer'

3 years ago from UPI

Ken Jeong said on "The Late Late Show" that Lil Wayne dressed as a robot was the biggest surprise he experienced during Season 3 of "The Masked Singer."

Endangered cultural heritage on the seafloor: Underwater archaeology in the North and Baltic Seas

3 years ago from Physorg

n many regions of the world, the seafloor contains a fascinating archive of human history. This also applies to the North Sea and Baltic Sea. Their floors are not only...

Supercomputer model simulations reveal cause of Neanderthal extinction

3 years ago from Physorg

Climate scientists from the IBS Center for Climate Physics discover that, contrary to previously held beliefs, Neanderthal extinction was neither caused by abrupt glacial climate shifts, nor by interbreeding with...

Ancient reptile had mammal-like tooth enamel, study shows

3 years ago from Science Blog

A new study by McGill University and the University of Alberta (UofA) paleontologists shows that one type of ancient reptiles evolved a special type of tooth enamel, similar to that...

Cambridge University moves lectures online until next year

3 years ago from Physorg

Cambridge University will have no face-to-face lectures until summer 2021 at the earliest in response to the coronavirus pandemic, a spokesman confirmed on Wednesday.

Op-Ed: With coronavirus, pretending everything is OK won't make it so

3 years ago from LA Times - Health

America is suffering a pandemic of "normalcy bias," the tendency to minimize disaster in the face of evidence to the contrary.

Egypt reveals details about 30 ancient coffins found with mummies inside

3 years ago from CBSNews - Science

Egyptian archaeologists recently discovered 30 colorful ancient wooden coffins in the city of Luxor. On Saturday, they were opened to reveal perfectly preserved mummies.

Megaraptor: Fossils of 10m-long dinosaur found in Argentina

Palaeontologists say the remains date back 70 million years, close to the end of the dinosaurs.

Scientists find clue in Canadian meteorite to how life may have arisen on Earth

3 years ago from CBC: Technology & Science

A team of Canadian and U.S. researchers has found a meteorite that fell in British Columbia 20 years ago may shed some light on how life could have been brought...

On This Day, May 20: German troops reach English Channel in WWII

3 years ago from UPI

On May 20, 1940, German forces punched through the Allied lines in Abbeville, France, to reach the English Channel.

Russian military helicopter crashes, killing 3 crew members

3 years ago from UPI

A Russian military helicopter crashed Tuesday near Moscow, killing the entire crew, the Ministry of Defense said.

Prehistoric footprints reveal how ancient men and women divided labor

3 years ago from PopSci

The Maasai are the current residents of Engare Sero, a region in Northern Tanzania. They've shifted from the nomadic lifestyle that prehistoric humans in the area had. (Tomas Adzke/Deposit Photos/)William E.H. Harcourt-Smith is...

Missouri executes Walter Barton by lethal injection

3 years ago from UPI

Missouri executed a man convicted of killing an 81-year-old woman in 1991 on Tuesday, the first execution to be carried out in the United States since the start of the...

Fishing rod 'selfie stick' and scientific sleuthing turn up clues to extinct sea reptile

3 years ago from Science Daily

A paleontologist visiting the Natural History Museum in London desperately wanted a good look at the skeleton of an extinct aquatic reptile, but its glass case was too far up...

Hobby Lobby accuses Christie's of selling ancient artifact fraudulently

3 years ago from UPI

Hobby Lobby sued Christie's on Tuesday, accusing the auction house of selling it an ancient artifact that had been looted.

Ancient giant armored fish fed in a similar way to basking sharks

3 years ago from Physorg

Scientists from the University of Bristol and the University of Zurich have shown that the Titanichthys - a giant armoured fish that lived in the seas and oceans of the...

A deeper connection to hyaline fibromatosis syndrome

3 years ago from Science Daily

Scientists have uncovered the molecular biology behind Hyaline Fibromatosis Syndrome, a severe genetic disease.

Fishing rod 'selfie stick' and scientific sleuthing turn up clues to extinct sea reptile

3 years ago from Physorg

A Russian paleontologist visiting the Natural History Museum in London desperately wanted a good look at the skeleton of an extinct aquatic reptile, but its glass case was too far...

Major Midwest flooding ongoing; heavy rain moves to Carolinas

3 years ago from UPI

Major ongoing flooding has hit the Midwest from Illinois to Michigan amid heavy rainfall over the last few days.

Russian military helicopter crashes, killing crew

3 years ago from UPI

A Russian military helicopter crashed Tuesday near Moscow, killing the entire crew, the Ministry of Defense said.

Belmont Stakes rescheduled, will kick off Triple Crown series

3 years ago from UPI

The Belmont Stakes, normally the anchor leg of the Triple Crown, instead will kick off the iconic horse-racing series in this pandemic-scrambled year of sports.

A 300,000-year-old, nearly complete elephant skeleton from Schöningen

3 years ago from Physorg

Elephants ranged over Schöningen in Lower Saxony 300,000 years ago. In recent years, remains of at least ten elephants have been found at the Palaeolithic sites situated on the edges...

Israeli dig finds 2,000-year-old underground complex near Western Wall in Jerusalem

3 years ago from UPI

Archaeologists have uncovered a 2,000-year-old underground compound near Jerusalem's Western Wall that hasn't been seen in generations, officials said Tuesday.

Historical films may be decaying much faster than we thought thanks to 'vinegar syndrome'

3 years ago from Physorg

A significant chunk of the world's history is facing an existential threat. US government deeds, recordings of Indigenous Australians and photographs of English seaside life spanning three decades are just...

WWE Raw: Drew McIntyre battles SmackDown's King Corbin

3 years ago from UPI

WWE Champion Drew McIntyre faced off against SmackDown's King Corbin on Raw.