A new study of fossils unearthed by Depression-era workers reveal that camels, antelopes and relatives of modern elephants and dogs were among the animals that roamed a veritable “Texas Serengeti” millions of years ago. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/ancient-texas-serengeti-fossils…
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A closer look at Washington’s superb new 100% clean electricity bill
The bill contains groundbreaking changes to the way the state’s utilities do business. The trend of states targeting 100 percent clean electricity has gone viral. Last month, New Mexico targeted 100 percent clean by 2045. The Maryland legislature recently passed a bill targeting 50 percent renewable by 2030 and looking into the viability of 100… Continue reading A closer look at Washington’s superb new 100% clean electricity bill
He Listed a T. Rex Fossil on eBay for $2.95 Million. Scientists Weren’t Thrilled.
“I own this thing,” Alan Detrich recalled telling a museum director. “It is mine. I can do whatever I want.” Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/17/science/t-rex-skeleton-ebay.html?partner=rss&emc=rss…
The race to save the planet from plastic
Scientists are trying to accelerate evolution to make plastics rot. A tiny new organism is showing them how. Sometime between 2010 and 2015, a tiny organism with an unusual appetite made a home in an industrial site near a bottle-recycling plant in Sakai, Japan. The site, located by a bustling port in one of the… Continue reading The race to save the planet from plastic
Ancient Whale That Walked On Four Legs Discovered In Peru
On the coast of Peru, researchers discovered the well-preserved bones of an ancient four-legged whale. Approximately 43 million years ago, the whale, which looked like a mixture of a rhino and a sea otter, had a narrow head, four legs with webbed feet and hoofed toes, and a long, muscular tail. That’s definitely a lot… Continue reading Ancient Whale That Walked On Four Legs Discovered In Peru
The fossil finder extraordinaire who’s rewriting human evolution
Lee Berger’s stunning discoveries of huge caches of ancient bones are overturning ideas about our origins, but not everyone likes his methods Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23531450-300-the-fossil-finder-extraordinaire-whos-rewriting-human-evolution/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…