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Grok AI Analyzed the 1967 Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot Film — The Results Are Shocking
3+ hour, 8+ min ago (98+ words) For nearly six decades, the Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot film has resisted every attempt to explain it away. Now Grok AI has analyzed the legendary 1967 footage using movement, proportion, terrain, and mask-boundary tests. What the system found challenges the classic man-in-a-suit theory…...
A school nature club fossicking on the shore of Kawhia Harbour in 2006 thought they had found a rusty boat propeller set in the mudstone — it took scientists 15 years to name what the children had actually dug out: a new species of giant penguin, 1.4 metres tall, that swam over the Waikato as much as 34 million years ago
3+ hour, 17+ min ago (646+ words) A school nature club fossicking on the shore of Kawhia Harbour in 2006 thought they had found a rusty boat propeller set in the mudstone — it took scientists 15 years to name what the children had actually dug out: a new species…...
Ancient giant tortoise DNA reveals secrets lost to time
1+ hour, 38+ min ago (1000+ words) Bioengineer.org...
Scientists opened a window into life more than 500 million years ago with an unusually preserved Cambrian fossil, and one tiny anatomical detail may help explain how a major feature of modern animals first appeared
11+ hour, 38+ min ago (524+ words) Scientists discovered a new clue about early ocean life in the Cambrian period, 540 million years ago. By ECONEWS · Editorial process Scientists have discovered a new clue about early ocean life in the days before dinosaurs, known as the early Cambrian…...
Only Reachable by Helicopter, This Remote Canadian Delta Just Revealed Dinosaur Tracks From an Era Almost Completely Erased From History
9+ hour, 16+ min ago (475+ words) Deep in a remote corner of Canada, researchers just filled in a gap that had puzzled paleontologists for decades. Ancient tracks, preserved for tens of millions of years, point to a dramatic shift in which creatures dominated this landscape, and…...
Nerd Nite DC: Pok??mon Paleontology, Romantic Sea Creatures, and Peen Worms
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (363+ words) 1938 9th St NW Washington, District Of Columbia 20001 Cue it up: Three experts. Dozens of cheeky slides. A bar full of former gifted kids gone feral who love special interest deep dives. This is Nerd Nite DC. Nerd Nite DC has been DC’s…...
Scientists discover real-life ‘House of the Dragon’ lizard in Thai mountains
14+ hour, 45+ min ago (296+ words) Scientists have discovered a pint-sized dragon lurking in the misty mountains of Thailand and named it “Syrax” after the mythical monster Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen rides in the HBO hit “House of the Dragon.” Acanthosaura Syrax, a mountain horned dragon, was…...
Researchers identify traces of two 'ghost' ancestors in modern human DNA
16+ hour, 6+ min ago (15+ words) Coast to Coast AM...
State Fair fun: Monty’s Traveling Reptile Show
1+ day, 33+ min ago (41+ words) FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul FOX 9 hosts are joined at the Great Minnesota Get-Together by the crew of Monty’s Traveling Reptile Show who stopped by to show off some alligators, lizards, snakes and more....
Parkasaurus: Dinoluxe Edition Review
18+ hour, 6+ min ago (591+ words) It might sound like fun, but it’s pretty well documented how risky it is building and running a dinosaur themed visitor attraction. Still, that hasn’t stopped the folks at Washbear Studio, who offer exactly that opportunity in Parkasaurus: Dinoluxe Edition....