Preserved feathers in amber show evidence of precocial and altrical birds. Read to learn more. Did you know that birds are essentially dinosaurs? If so, why do you think some modern fowls, like pigeons, robins, and penguins, survived when most dinosaurs went extinct? Birds Surviving Extinction According to Phys.
Wildlife costs power companies approximately $10 billion annually in power outages. One repair could cost $10,000 plus fines against wildlife protection. Read to learn more.
The human body holds 8 to 9 pints of blood, but a recent shark attack caused a man to lose 5 pints, before being saved by dolphins. Read to learn more.
The four participants of NASA's Mars simulation mission include a research scientist, a US Navy microbiologist, a structural engineer, and an emergency medicine physician. Read to learn more.
Sir Jeremy Farrar authored the book titled Spike: The Virus v The People. Read to learn more. A respected World Health Organization chief scientist has started discussing how the world should prepare for another pandemic.
Two-stage sleep experienced independent evolution, with new findings showing how they could be present in cephalopods, including octopuses. Read to learn more.
A new facial reconstruction was created to give visual life to the remains of a 1,300-year-old skeleton that belonged to a 16-year old girl. Read to learn more.
Mastodons are distant and extinct relatives of mammoths and elephants. Read to learn more. A woman strolling on a California beach on Memorial Day weekend happened to find an interesting foot-long tooth.
In 2028, the UAE Space Agency will launch its space mission to the Main Asteroid Belt. This mission will involve flying by a couple of rocks and landing on one. Read to learn more.
Astronomers have assumed that 'Oumuamua could be an asteroid, comet, or an alien spaceship, but a new study reveals that it was a rock passing gas. Read to learn more.
This may have been the earliest brain surgery in the Middle East. Read to learn more. A grave from the Bronze Age was uncovered at an archaeological site in Meggido, Israel.
One of the known skeletal remains in Norway, the Vistegutten boy, has undergone full-body reconstruction. Read to know more about this interesting adolescent and the reformation endeavors.