Pterosaur Rhamphorhynchus Being Eaten by Ganoid Fish Aspidorhynchus Fossilized
This incredible fossil, depicting a pterosaur in the process of being devoured by a ganoid fish, was recently showcased in a new study published in PLoS…
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Microraptor Feathers Were Black With Iridescent Sheen
Microraptor, a pigeon-sized, four-winged dinosaur that lived about 130 million years ago had plumage that had hues of black and blue like a crow and…
Floods in Wagga Wagga Australia Provoke Extremely Wide Spiderwebs
Escaping spiders are fleeing the floods in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia, by moving to higher ground and building massive networks of interconnected spiderwebs,…
Coronacollina Acula, Oldest Organism With Skeleton Discovered
Paleontologists found the remains of what appears to be the oldest animal with a Skeleton. Scientists believe the organism, Coronacollina acula, lived on the seafloor…
Cretaceous Period Pterosaur Discovered in Northeast China
Paleontologists have discovered a new wildly snaggle-toothed skull in northeast China that belonged to previously unknown flying reptile. It was named Guidraco venator, which is…
Jurassic Period Super-Sized Fleas Had Armored Mouthparts to Attack the Thick Hide of Dinosaurs
The primitive ancestors of modern-day fleas were built to drain the blood of dinosaurs, more than 150 million years ago, during the Jurassic period. This…
Giant Oligocene Kairuku Penguins Stood Nearly Five Feet Tall
Paleontologists have reconstructed a model of the Kairuku penguin that stood almost 4 feet 6 inches in height in what’s now New Zealand. The Kairuku…
Researchers Conclude Torosaurus and Triceratops Are Different Species of Horned Dinosaurs
After a detailed structural analysis of 35 Torosaurus and Triceratops skulls, researchers at Yale University have determined that Torosaurus and Triceratops are different species, but…
Researchers Clarify Recycling Mechanism for Hydroxyl Radicals
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute have now clarified exactly how hydroxyl radicals, which oxidize volatile organic compounds such as methane and isoprene, are recycled…
Researchers Use LCLS to Examine Ferroelectric Materials Exposed to Light
Researchers at SLAC’s Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Science and the Stanford Materials Science and Engineering Department discovered what is going on when ferroelectric…
Rincon de la Vieja Erupts Again in Costa Rica
It has been almost 14 years since the volcano Rincón de la Vieja in Costa Rica entered an active eruptive phase and it looks like…
Friction on Raindrops Dissipates Almost as Much Atmospheric Energy as Turbulence
A new study published in the journal Science states that rainfall soothes the atmosphere, almost as much as turbulence. They calculated that a substantial portion…
Graphite Foam Could Harness Energy from Temperature Gradient in Oceans
Researchers at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) think that they could use graphite foam to harness energy from the temperature gradient in tropical waters,…
Groundwater Susceptible to Radium Contamination
In a recent study, radium was measured in untreated source water in wells from aquifers that are used for public and domestic water supply. This…
Researchers Use Statistical Method to Challenge Criminological Theories
Criminologists from the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law in Freiburg set out to see if there is such a thing as…
Researchers Study Flow Batteries Containing Metal-Based Ionic Liquids (MetILs)
Researchers at Sandia National Laboratory have discovered a new family of liquid salt electrolytes, known as MetILs, that could lead to future batteries with three…
Puzzle Play With Children Results in Better Spatial Skills
Researchers from the University of Chicago discovered that children who play with puzzles between 26 and 46 months of age have better spatial skills when…
Researchers View Connection Between Kink Instability and Rayleigh-Taylor Instability
While using high-speed cameras to look at jets of plasma, researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) discovered a surprising connection between kink instability…