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Stone giants
1+ hour, 40+ min ago (468+ words) Taipei Times - All Front Page Taiwan News Business Editorial & Opinion Sports World News Features Bilingual Pages Sculptures of a man and a giant woman " both nearly 5m tall " by Japanese artist Toshimitsu Ito sit on a beach near the Xinwu Stone…...
11-Year-Old Boy's Beach Discovery in England Stuns Scientists
4+ hour, 31+ min ago (123+ words) In England, 11-year-old Charlie Orchard-Lisle made an unexpected and rare discovery while walking on the beach with his mother. Initially appearing to be an ordinary rock, the object was examined by experts and identified as a tooth belonging to an…...
The Animals of Alaska That Live in the Ice Year-Round
5+ hour, 10+ min ago (1242+ words) Alaska's icy landscapes represent some of the most extreme environments on Earth, yet they teem with remarkable wildlife that has evolved specialized adaptations to survive the frigid conditions. From the expansive sea ice of the Arctic Ocean to the massive…...
Human eyes evolved from a single-eyed worm that crawled the seafloor 600 million years ago, scientists now confirm
6+ hour, 44+ min ago (529+ words) Credits: Bruno Fr'as Morales / Wikimedia Commons Human eye evolution is hidden in something familiar'those pretty familiar-looking eyes staring right back at you when you look in the mirror. But where do they come from? They developed from a worm that…...
Boy's beach walk leads to remarkable 1. 8-million-year-old elephant tooth discovery
6+ hour, 41+ min ago (353+ words) A routine walk along a windswept beach in eastern England turned into an extraordinary encounter with the distant past when an 11-year-old boy stumbled upon a fossilised tooth belonging to an ancient relative of today's elephants. The upper left molar…...
Dinomania | Review
7+ hour, 1+ min ago (228+ words) Vol. XLII, No. 3, Spring 2026 Making Our Beasts: Paleontology in the United States Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 2026, 255 pp. In a recent collection of poems, the scientist-poet Brandon Kilbourne writes the following lines in the voice of a scientific collector…...
Ancient DNA Unveils Lost Fallow Deer Diversity
7+ hour, 6+ min ago (240+ words) An international team of researchers, including emeritus professor Wil Roebroeks of Leiden University's Faculty of Archaeology, has uncovered evidence that modern fallow deer have lost much of the genetic diversity once present in their Ice Age ancestors. The findings have…...
DAY TRIP DESTINATION: Dinosaurs, fossils and hands-on fun await at New York State Museum
7+ hour, 40+ min ago (680+ words) The interactive "Expedition Dinosaur: Rise of the Mammals" exhibit combines animatronic creatures with hands-on activities designed to engage visitors of all ages. Visitors can get up close to animatronic dinosaurs as part of the New York State Museum's newest family-friendly…...
Sisterhood, romance, and a missing tuna melt: 'Dinosaur' is back
13+ hour, 32+ min ago (346+ words) I don't want special," she says after one change too many, I want normal". The central joke at the heart of Dinosaur is that while Nina is neurodivergent, it's all the ordinary" people around her that are too extra; looked…...
Scientists Finally Discover the Truth About Giant Prehistoric Crustacean
10+ hour, 41+ min ago (623+ words) Home " News " Scientists Finally Discover the Truth About Giant Prehistoric Crustacean For more than a century, a mysterious fossil known as Praearcturus gigas puzzled paleontologists. Originally described as a giant prehistoric crustacean, the ancient creature has now been reexamined by…...