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Pterosaurs: Fur flies over feathery fossils
bbc.co.uk - By Helen Briggs
Two exceptionally well preserved fossils give a new picture of the pterosaurs, the flying reptiles that lived at the time of the dinosaurs. Scientists believe the creatures may have had feathers, and something
World News
How a South African shepherd found a dinosaur graveyard
bbc.co.uk - By Pumza Fihlani
This is the story of how a shepherd, a geography teacher and a pensioner helped unearth one of South Africa's biggest discoveries of dinosaur bones. The shepherd, Dumangwe Thyobeka, stumbled across the
Science
Scientists Detect Hot Neptune Losing Atmosphere at an Extraordinary Rate
ExtremeTech - Joel Hruska
By on December 14, 2018 at 1:41 pm There aren’t a lot of Hot Neptunes in the galaxy, and it’s not entirely clear why. A Hot Neptune is, as the name …
News (U.S.)
A Salamander of Legend Emerges From Southern Swamps
The New York Times - By ASHER ELBEIN
It’s eel-shaped and leopard-spotted, and it has no hind-limbs. It grows to two feet long. And yet until recently, hardly anyone had ever seen it. A team of researchers has discovered of new species of
Alaska
Study: Degrading Permafrost Puts Arctic Infrastructure at Risk by Mid-Century
akbizmag.com
Published: December 13, 2018 UAF researcher Vladimir Romanovsky poses near Fairbanks in a place where permafrost has thawed, causing a surface …
Opinion (UK)
Westminster has known the options since 2016. Which Brexit does it want?
The Guardian - Rafael Behr
Once again a Brussels summit and British politics cross paths like celestial bodies on intersecting orbits. For just a few moments a cold hard ball of EU reality eclipses the gaseous inferno that is Westminster.
Southern Ocean
Massive ocean carbon sink spotted burping CO2 on the sly
nature.com - Jeff Tollefson
Data from robotic ocean floats reveal that waters off Antarctica don’t absorb as much carbon as scientists thought. The Southern Ocean is one of …
Science
Young Warrior in Gruesome Iron Age Grave Was ‘Killed’ Again After Death
Gizmodo - George Dvorsky
He was somewhere between the age of 17 and 25 when he died, apparently of natural causes. But for reasons that are unclear, this warrior’s body was …
Science
Megalodon may have gone extinct for this shocking reason
Fox News - By
The megalodon may have been the largest marine predator to ever live, growing up to 60 feet with teeth nearly the size of a standard sheet of paper. But, even more stunning, a new study suggests it succumbed
Environment
We Finally Know What Killed Sea Life in The Deadliest Mass Extinction in History
Science Alert - MICHELLE STARR
Around 252 million years ago, Earth experienced catastrophic devastation - an extinction event so severe that it wiped out almost all of the life on …
Sea Level
East Antarctica glacial stronghold melting as seas warm
The Guardian - Damian Carrington Environment editor
A group of glaciers spanning an eighth of the East Antarctica coastline are being melted by the warming seas, scientists have discovered. This Antarctic region stores a vast amount of ice, which, if lost,
News
Forgotten statue kept in a margarine tub is 2,000-year-old treasure
The Guardian - Mark Brown Arts correspondent
A 2,000-year-old Roman statuette of a silver-eyed goddess Minerva that for more than a decade was kept in a plastic margarine tub is among a record number of treasure discoveries made by the nation’s of
Technology (India)
Wintertime ice growth in the Arctic sea faster than it was a few decades ago: NASA- Technology News, Firstpost
Firstpost - Indo-Asian News Service Dec 09, 2018 15:47 PM IST
While sea ice in the Arctic continues to be on the decline, a new research from the US Space agency suggests that it is regrowing at faster rates …
Physics
Physicists Just Discovered a New Form of Light
futurism.com
Let There Be Light It’s easy to take light for granted and assume that we know everything there is to know about it—after all, it’s everywhere. But as …
Science
A New Quantum Paradox Flags Errors in Our View of Reality
WIRED - Anil Ananthaswamy
That quantum mechanics is a successful theory is not in dispute. It makes astonishingly accurate predictions about the nature of the world at …
Humanity
We Just Got Evidence of a Mysterious New Species of Early Human Hiding in Plain Sight
Science Alert - CARLY CASSELLA
One of the best-known fossils in paleontology, a virtually complete skeleton nicknamed "Little Foot", could actually represent an entirely new …
World News
The Planet Has Seen Sudden Warming Before. It Wiped Out Almost Everything.
The New York Times - By CARL ZIMMER
Some 252 million years ago, Earth almost died. In the oceans, 96 percent of all species became extinct. It’s harder to determine how many terrestrial species vanished, but the loss was comparable. This
Science
Bizarre 'dark fluid' with negative mass could dominate the universe – what my research suggests
The Conversation UK - Jamie Farnes
It’s embarrassing, but astrophysicists are the first to admit it. Our best theoretical model can only explain 5% of the universe. The remaining 95% …
World News
Discovered cuneiform reveals Babylonian slave trade in biblical Samaria
jpost.com - Rachel Bernstein
The fall of Samaria, which has been known in the Bible to be ruled by the Israelites, has been discussed by numerous scholars and remains a key issue …
Science
Climate change: Can 12 billion tonnes of carbon be sucked from the air?
bbc.co.uk - By David Shukman
Is it remotely feasible to remove 12 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide from the air? Every year. For decades to come. That's the challenge posed by the latest conclusions of the UN's climate science panel.
Science
Strange waves rippled around the world, and nobody knows why
National Geographic
Science & Innovation Instruments picked up the seismic waves more than 10,000 miles away—but bizarrely, nobody felt them. 6 Minute Read On the morning of November 11, just before 9:30 UT, a mysterious
Supernovae
What is a Type II Supernova?
futurism.com
Supernova, something that we’ve all heard about at one time or another, are simply amazing celestial events. The type that we’re going to be looking …
Geek
Extinct 'Siberian Unicorns' Walked the Earth Alongside Modern Humans
Gizmodo - George Dvorsky
Weighing up to 7,700 pounds, Elasmotherium sibiricum—an extinct hairy rhino popularly known as the “Siberian unicorn”—was thought to have disappeared …
North Atlantic
Global Ocean Circulation Keeps Slowing Down: Here's What It Means
Forbes - Trevor Nace
Scientists are keenly aware that global ocean circulation continues to slow down and warning signs are beginning to point to what the world will look like in the decades to come. Researchers at the Swire
Science
Six feet under, a new approach to global warming
phys.org - Washington State University
A Washington State University researcher has found that one-fourth of the carbon held by soil is bound to minerals as far as six feet below the …
Northern Canada
The Arctic is turning brown because of weird weather – and it could accelerate climate change
The Conversation UK - Rachael Treharne
Over the last few years Arctic scientists have reported a surprising finding: large areas of the Arctic are turning brown. This is in part due to …
Quasars
Unexpectedly Vanishing Quasars Are Mystifying Scientists
WIRED - Shannon Hall
Stephanie LaMassa did a double take. She was staring at two images on her computer screen, both of the same object — except they looked nothing alike. …
Jet Stream
Global Warming Is Messing with the Jet Stream. That Means More Extreme Weather.
insideclimatenews.org - By Bob Berwyn, InsideClimate News
Greenhouse gases are increasingly disrupting the jet stream, a powerful river of winds that steers weather systems in the Northern Hemisphere. That's …
Science
Meet Denny, the ancient mixed-heritage mystery girl
The Guardian - Robin McKie
Of all the ancient peoples that have been studied by scientists, none has set puzzles quite so profound as those left behind by the Denisovans. Only a few tiny pieces of bone and teeth have ever been of

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Pterosaurs: Fur flies over feathery fossils

How a South African shepherd found a dinosaur graveyard

Scientists Detect Hot Neptune Losing Atmosphere at an Extraordinary Rate

A Salamander of Legend Emerges From Southern Swamps

Study: Degrading Permafrost Puts Arctic Infrastructure at Risk by Mid-Century

Westminster has known the options since 2016. Which Brexit does it want?

Massive ocean carbon sink spotted burping CO2 on the sly

Young Warrior in Gruesome Iron Age Grave Was ‘Killed’ Again After Death

Megalodon may have gone extinct for this shocking reason

We Finally Know What Killed Sea Life in The Deadliest Mass Extinction in History

East Antarctica glacial stronghold melting as seas warm

Forgotten statue kept in a margarine tub is 2,000-year-old treasure

Wintertime ice growth in the Arctic sea faster than it was a few decades ago: NASA- Technology News, Firstpost

Physicists Just Discovered a New Form of Light

A New Quantum Paradox Flags Errors in Our View of Reality

We Just Got Evidence of a Mysterious New Species of Early Human Hiding in Plain Sight

The Planet Has Seen Sudden Warming Before. It Wiped Out Almost Everything.

Bizarre 'dark fluid' with negative mass could dominate the universe – what my research suggests

Discovered cuneiform reveals Babylonian slave trade in biblical Samaria

Climate change: Can 12 billion tonnes of carbon be sucked from the air?

Strange waves rippled around the world, and nobody knows why

What is a Type II Supernova?

Extinct 'Siberian Unicorns' Walked the Earth Alongside Modern Humans

Global Ocean Circulation Keeps Slowing Down: Here's What It Means

Six feet under, a new approach to global warming

The Arctic is turning brown because of weird weather – and it could accelerate climate change

Unexpectedly Vanishing Quasars Are Mystifying Scientists

Global Warming Is Messing with the Jet Stream. That Means More Extreme Weather.

Meet Denny, the ancient mixed-heritage mystery girl