Tag: preserved

Earliest known cave-dwelling animal is a 99-million-year-old cockroach

The earliest cave-dwelling animal identified from the dinosaur era is a ghostly white cockroach with tiny eyes and wings that was preserved in amber Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2234805-earliest-known-cave-dwelling-animal-is-a-99-million-year-old-cockroach/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…

Extinct date palms grown from 2000-year-old seeds found in Israel

An extinct variety of date palm tree has been grown from ancient seeds preserved in the Judean desert for 2000 years, the oldest seeds ever germinated Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2232464-extinct-date-palms-grown-from-2000-year-old-seeds-found-in-israel/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…

Extinct date palms grown from 2000-year-old seeds found near Jerusalem

An extinct variety of date palm tree has been grown from ancient seeds preserved in the Judean desert for 2000 years, the oldest seeds ever germinated Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2232464-extinct-date-palms-grown-from-2000-year-old-seeds-found-near-jerusalem/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…

Ötzi the Iceman’s final days

Scientists have identified ancient mosses in, on and around the 5,300-year-old glacier mummy that add to the story of the final 48 hours before his murder. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/otzi-the-iceman-mummy-ancient-mosses…

Fossil reveals how feathered dinosaurs differed from birds

The fossil of this new-to-science dinosaur offers a view into dinosaur-bird evolution. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/fossil-feathered-dinosaurs-differed-from-birds…

This Australian meteor crater is oldest known, says study

“We found the world’s oldest asteroid strike in Western Australia. It might have triggered a global thaw.” Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/australian-yarrabubba-meteor-crater-oldest-known…

Another Project Goes Private: Amara Stops Being Developed As Open Source

Slashdot reader northar writes: Subtitling project Amara closes its repository as focus is shifting… Amara was AGPL up until going private. While future improvements to the code base from the Participatory Culture Foundation (PCF) will not be public, a copy of the last public code base has been preserved at Gitlab, should anyone be interested in the work done up until…