Horseshoe crabs are an ancient lineage with an evolutionary history stretching back 450 million years (Ordovician period) and are generally considered to be examples of ‘living fossils.’ A paleontologist from West Virginia University has described a new genus and species of true horseshoe crab from a Silurian-age specimen unearthed inContinue Reading
Credit: Emre Akkoyun/Shutterstock Key Takeaways Google Translate can now generate language lessons using AI. The lessons let you practice listening to or speaking your target language. In addition, Google Translate now has real-time live translation for the app’s Conversation feature. Table of Contents Did you know you can customize GoogleContinue Reading
Life A fossil discovered in Patagonia shows a 3.5-metre-long reptile from the late Cretaceous with large, serrated teeth capable of slicing through muscle By James Woodford Facebook / Meta Twitter / X icon Linkedin Reddit Email Artist’s illustration of the ancient reptile Kostensuchus atrox Gabriel Diaz Yanten, CC-BY 4.0 AnContinue Reading
A scanning electron microscope image of a micrometeorite impact crater in a particle of asteroid Bennu material. Credit: NASA / Zia Rahman Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Asteroids may be wondrous windows into the history of the cosmos, but the unfortunateContinue Reading
Remarkable fossils found in North Greenland have helped researchers solve a 500-million-year-old puzzle surrounding squid-like ancestors. It was previously thought ancient organisms called nectocaridids, which bear a resemblance to squid, were a type of cephalopod – marine molluscs with tentacles and a prominent head. But scientists, co-led by the UniversityContinue Reading
Rhagovelia ripple bugs use specialized middle-leg fans with a flat-ribbon architecture to navigate the surfaces of fast-moving streams. We show that the fan’s directional stiffness enables fast, passive elastocapillary morphing, independent of muscle …Read MoreContinue Reading
This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). Named after the Scots word for ‘nook’, the region of East Neuk is an arc of blustery beaches and volcanic cliffs in east Scotland. Its villages seem to sprout from the seaweed, blurring the line between land and sea. It’s aContinue Reading
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It seems as if we’ve got the solar system pinned down pretty good: eight planets, one big Sun, a bunch of space rocks, some chunks of ice, and Pluto. However, there are lots of subtleties and secrets that go unappreciated or unreported. The following phenomena include some of the mostContinue Reading
Mother Nature has a good side. Cute baby animals. Species working in lockstep to survive. Gorgeous green rainforests. But she also has a devilish side that reads like a crazy, dark fairy tale. From animals that steal body parts (and keep them alive) to trees that assassinate birds, here areContinue Reading
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