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‘Messy’ New Species of Dinosaur-Era Bird Discovered 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- December 22, 2018
The odd animal, named Jinguofortis perplexus, displays an unusual mosaic of bird and dinosaur features.

By David Aragorn
This ‘two-faced’ membrane can create electricity—from nothing but salty water 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- December 21, 2018
Imagine being stuffed into a crowded train car and noticing a less crowded one just down the platform. You’d probably want to move over as soon as possible. Particles that follow this balancing act—known as osmosis—spontaneously move from an area of high concentration to one of low concentration. Now, scientists have used this tendency to create a power-producing membrane that can harvest electric current from nothing but salty water.

By David Aragorn
Giant flying squirrel fossil from a Barcelona landfill clarifies the squirrel family tree 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- December 21, 2018
In 2002, a team of scientists unearthed mysterious fossil remains in a landfill in Catalonia, Spain. At first, researchers supposed the unidentified fossil could be a form of primate.

By David Aragorn
The ‘Chinese Pyramids’ and the pole star 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- December 21, 2018
The funerary complex of the first Chinese emperor of the Qin dynasty (3 BC) is one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world.

By David Aragorn
Egypt tomb: Saqqara ‘one of a kind’ discovery revealed 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- December 21, 2018
Archaeologists in Egypt have made an exciting tomb discovery – the final resting place of a high priest, untouched for 4,400 years.

By David Aragorn
Most-distant solar system object ever observed 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 21, 2018
Outer solar system experts find ‘far out there’ dwarf planet

By David Aragorn
Scientists find new giant dinosaur 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- December 20, 2018
Paleontologists from Russia have described a new dinosaur, the Volgatitan. Seven of its fossilized vertebrae, buried in the ground for about 130 million years, were found on the banks of the Volga, not far from the village of Slantsevy Rudnik, five kilometers from Ulyanovsk. The study has been published in the latest issue of Biological Communications.

By David Aragorn
Huge Marsupial Lion Terrorized Ancient Australia, Sat Adorably on Its Tail 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- December 20, 2018
The marsupial lion — a giant carnivore that hunted in Australia tens of thousands of years ago — has long mystified scientists. But the recent discovery of more of its fossils, including a nearly complete skeleton of the extinct beast, has revealed some of its secrets.

By David Aragorn
Pterosaurs Sported Feathers, Claim Scientists 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- December 20, 2018
A controversy over pterosaurs’ plumage has taken off, with a new discovery pushing feather origins back 80 million years into the early Triassic.

By David Aragorn
If extinct animals could be brought back from the dead, should we do it?0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- December 20, 2018
Posting pictures of your newborn baby on social media isn’t unusual.

By David Aragorn

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