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'Squid butt’ fossil belongs to one of the ‘chunkiest' cephalopods ever discovered
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (320+ words) Published Sep 10, 2026 4:10 PM EDT W. linsterorum is a belemnite, a group of prehistoric cephalopods who left behind some of paleontology’s most common fossils. Examples of their bullet-shaped structures known as a rostrum have regularly shown up at dig sites around the…...
Snake that hunts with fake spider on its tail shocks scientists
3+ day, 44+ min ago (644+ words) Published Sep 10, 2026 10:00 AM EDT True to its name, Iran’s spider-tailed horned viper (Pseudocerastes urarachnoides) has a rather novel strategy. It uses a tail that looks like a spider to lure birds trying to eat the decoy spider. When the time…...
Yes, scientists really built a “tickle robot.” Here’s why.
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (408+ words) Published Sep 9, 2026 9:00 AM EDT FACT: Hector the tickle robot is real, and they’re spectacular FACT: How prickly ash and chili pepper combine to create a fascinating taste explosion This week’s episode features special guest Priya Mani. She’s a food historian,…...
National Park Service’s WWII series highlights Washington State nature reserve
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (231+ words) Published Sep 8, 2026 4:30 PM EDT As the National Park Service (NPS) continues highlighting the many roles of its parks during World War II, the western most landmass in the contiguous United States is getting its due: Olympic National Park. The many…...
Cannibalism returned to the menu multiple times in Neolithic Europe
4+ day, 19+ hour ago (128+ words) Published Sep 8, 2026 3:06 PM EDT Combined with other archaeological findings, it now appears that cannibalism during the European Neolithic historically occurred in three eras:the late sixth millennium BCE, the middle fifth millennium BCE, and the end of the third millennium…...
Could a whale really swallow a human? We asked a biologist.
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1001+ words) Published Sep 5, 2026 9:00 AM EDT Imagine this: A giant sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) has just swallowed you whole. Surviving inside of a giant sea creature has become a classic “fish tale” of human resilience and redemption. In the latest reimagining of…...
Ancient American cheetahs were not exactly cheetah-like
1+ week, 1+ day ago (146+ words) Published Sep 4, 2026 11:00 AM EDT “It’s really surprising and exciting to identify another predator present in Beringia,” Molly Cassatt-Johnstone, an evolutionary biologist at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC), said in a statement. Berinigia is the ancient stretch of land…...
Fossilized tissue reveals largest known T. rex died from broken rib
1+ week, 2+ day ago (191+ words) Published Sep 3, 2026 4:08 PM EDT The largest Tyrannosaurus rex fossils ever discovered belong to a 66-million-year-old apex predator named Scotty. Like many T. rex skeletons, it’s difficult to determine if the specimen was male or female, but Scotty was an unequivocal bruiser....
Bracelet-shaped robot just keeps jumping
1+ week, 2+ day ago (210+ words) Published Sep 3, 2026 12:42 PM EDT Much like the earworm “The Song That Doesn’t End” from Shari Lewis’ Lamb Chops’ Play-Along, a new soft robot does not stop…curling up and jumping. A team of mechanical engineers from North Carolina State University…...
Explore what Pompeii looked like before catastrophic eruption
1+ week, 3+ day ago (813+ words) Published Sep 3, 2026 9:03 AM EDT A little less than 2,000 years ago, Mount Vesuvius became the antihero of the ancient world’s most well-known tragedy. The infamous explosion covered Pompeii and Herculaneum in volcanic debris, immortalizing the final moments of the ancient Roman…...