The CDC published a blog post about zombies 10 years ago and news outlets simply will not shut up about it.Source: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/n7vg8q/cdcs-zombie-apocalypse-preparedness-guide-the-blog-that-will-not-die…
Tag: Extinct
Rare Australian bee rediscovered after nearly a century
A rare Australian bee has been spotted for the first time since 1923. It was previously believed to be extinct. Source: https://www.livescience.com/rare-australian-bee-rediscovered.html
Extinct atom reveals the long-kept secrets of the solar system
Using the extinct niobium-92 atom, ETH researchers have been able to date events in the early solar system with greater precision than before. The study concludes that supernova explosions must have taken place in the birth environment of our sun. Source: https://phys.org/news/2021-03-extinct-atom-reveals-long-kept-secrets.html…
Neanderthal ears were tuned to hear speech just like modern humans
Virtual reconstructions of Neanderthal ears show that our extinct cousins had the same physical capacity for hearing as modern humans, and so could probably also make the same sounds we can – although whether they actually spoke a language is still unknown Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2269577-neanderthal-ears-were-tuned-to-hear-speech-just-like-modern-humans/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Ancient Egypt’s Mona Lisa? An elaborately drawn extinct goose, of course
Nearly five millennia ago, an artist inked an incredibly detailed painting of geese in the tomb of an Egyptian vizier and his wife. Source: https://www.livescience.com/ancient-egypt-art-extinct-goose.html
Investigator: ‘Nessie related to extinct whale’
An American cryptozoologist has put forward a possible new explanation for the Loch Ness Monster. Over the years there have been countless theories at… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/344071/investigator-nessie-related-to-extinct-whale…
Upheaval and extinctions linked to magnetic reversal 42,000 years ago
42,000 years ago, a breakdown in Earth’s magnetic field led to environmental catastrophes and mass extinctions. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/magnetic-field-reversal-42000-years-ago-neanderthal-extinction…
Embryos of Northern white rhino created. Will they save nearly extinct creature?
More northern white rhino embryos have been created in a lab in the race to save the subspecies from extinction. There are now five in total. Source: https://www.livescience.com/northern-white-rhino-embryos-created.html
A giant undersea sand worm’s fossilized lair
In 20-million-=year-old rock off the coast of Taiwan, researchers have discovered what they think is the fossilized burrow of a giant, predatory sand worm. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/scientists-find-evidence-of-giant-predatory-sand-worms…
Giant worms terrorized the ancient seafloor from hidden death traps
Ancestors of giant Bobbit worms may have colonized the seafloor millions of years ago, building long, narrow burrows where they would wait for unsuspecting prey. Source: https://www.livescience.com/extinct-giant-sea-worm-fossils.html