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Southeast Asia's largest dinosaur weighing 27 tonnes dug up in Thailand
8+ hour, 10+ min ago (321+ words) Ten years ago, a group of fossil hunters in north-eastern Thailand stumbled upon a collection of enormous bones at the edge of a pond in Chaiyaphum province. The bones were large enough to raise eyebrows, but it has taken years…...
A dinosaur in your wardrobe: How science turned fossil into fashion
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (396+ words) In a breakthrough fusion of science and high fashion, researchers and designers have unveiled a luxury handbag made using collagen derived from fragments of Tyrannosaurus rex fossils, a creation that pushes the boundaries of both biotechnology and sustainable materials. The…...
Asteroid that killed dinosaurs could have helped give birth to life on Earth
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (367+ words) The asteroid impact best known for wiping out the dinosaurs may also hold clues to how life itself began on Earth, according to insights from new research on the origins of RNA, the molecule thought to have kick-started life. RNA…...
World's oldest tree? Viral post claims 6, 000-year-old giant
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (396+ words) A post circulating on X has revived a long-running question: What is the oldest tree in the world? The viral claim features a baobab tree said to be 6, 000 years old and located in Tanzania. The caption reads, "A 6000-year-old tree,…...
What happened to Earth's rivers as dinosaurs disappeared?
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (269+ words) In an intriguing twist of geological history, Montana's ancient river systems have been found remarkably undeterred by the Cretaceous'Paleogene (K-Pg) extinction event that wiped out non-avian dinosaurs. The event occurred 65 million years ago and wiped out 50 per cent of plants…...
Jurassic Park twist: These dinosaurs ruled rivers before asteroid doom
5+ mon, 8+ hour ago (403+ words) A recent investigation demonstrates that mosasaurs, previously considered solely marine reptiles, managed to flourish in freshwater rivers during their last million years, just before extinction over 66 million years ago. In 2022, a tooth surfaced from sediment associated with river channels in…...
37, 000-Year-Old Bamboo discovered in Manipur may reveal India's Ice-Age secret
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (251+ words) Scientists have uncovered a 37, 000-year-old bamboo fossil in Manipur's Imphal Valley that could reshape Asia's botanical history and reveal Ice Age secrets. The fossilised bamboo stem, found among the silt-rich deposits of the Chirang River, shows rare, well-preserved marks of…...
Untouched by evolution: Giant anacondas haven't changed in 12. 4 million years
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (291+ words) Anacondas reached their massive form around 12. 4 million years ago and have stayed the same since. The finding was published in the Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology, and challenges the long-held assumption that ancient anacondas must have been much larger than today's…...
This could be the first animal that appeared on Earth before dinosaurs
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (289+ words) A new study by MIT geochemists has revealed first-of-its-kind evidence of the first animals that appeared on Earth. The first animals on Earth were likely ancient ancestors of modern sea sponges. The findings, published recently in the Proceedings of the…...
Earth redesigned itself as dinosaurs suddenly disappeared from the planet
7+ mon, 4+ week ago (288+ words) A new study from University of Michigan scientists demonstrates that the extinction of dinosaurs dramatically altered landscapes, especially the structure of rivers and reengineered the planet. The research, focusing on geologic records from the western United States, shows that the…...