Scientists Discover What a 2900 Pound Armored Dinosaur Ate for Its Last Meal 110 Million Years Ago
More than 110 million years ago, a lumbering 1,300-kilogram (~2900 lbs), armor-plated dinosaur ate its last meal, died, and was washed out to sea in…
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Bat ‘Super Immunity’ May Explain How Bats Carry Coronaviruses Without Getting Sick
Bat-virus adaptation may explain species spillover, researchers say. A University of Saskatchewan (USask) research team has uncovered how bats can carry the Middle East respiratory…
“Dancing Cat Fever” – New Culprit Identified for Minamata Mercury Poisoning Tragedy
The 1950s and ‘60s poisoning event was long attributed to methylmercury, but studies at SLAC suggest a different compound was to blame. The findings could…
Warning: Potentially Toxic Chemicals in Nearly Half of Household Dust Samples Tested
Chemicals commonly used in smartphone, television, and computer displays were found to be potentially toxic and present in nearly half of dozens of samples of…
World’s Most Widely Used Insecticides Threaten Survival of Wild Birds
New research at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) shows how the world’s most widely used insecticides could be partly responsible for a dramatic decline in…