Science

Baby tyrannosaur dinosaurs were the size of dogs, embryo fossils show

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[ad_1] This artist’s print shows what a juvenile tyrannosaurus might have looked like. Julius Csotonyi Tyrannosaur dinosaurs roamed the Earth long before baby photos became a thing, so all we have is the fossil record to understand what they looked like when they first started. It’s been a difficult quest, but finding the “earliest known … Read more

A new class of superconductors

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[ad_1] Qimiao Si is Harry C. and Olga K. Wiess Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Rice University and Director of the Rice Center for Quantum Materials. Credit: Jeff Fitlow / Rice University A new theory that could explain how unconventional superconductivity appears in a diverse set of compounds may never have happened if physicists … Read more

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope will be much more capable than Hubble

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[ad_1] The Hubble Space Telescope has been in orbit for decades, and while still extremely useful, it is aging and NASA is preparing to replace it. One of the main observations made by the Hubble Space Telescope are images known as Hubble Ultra-Deep Fields. The future Roman Space Telescope will be much more capable of … Read more

The mini sea monster had teeth as sharp as a saw blade

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[ad_1] A sea monster with teeth so sharp they formed a “saw blade” swam in the waters of present-day Morocco about 66 million years ago, according to a new study. Miners have discovered the remains of this creature – a lizard-like marine reptile called a mosasaur that lived in the age of dinosaurs – in … Read more

Hubble spots a beautiful planetary nebula | Astronomy

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[ad_1] NASA has released a spectacular photo taken by the NASA / ESA Hubble Space Telescope of the planetary nebula ESO 455-10. This Hubble image shows ESO 455-10, a planetary nebula located in the constellation Scorpio. The color image is composed of near infrared and optical observations from the Hubble Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3). … Read more

Competition between human women likely contributed to covert ovulation

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[ad_1] Credit: CC0 Public Domain Human women rely on aids such as charts, test strips or wearable technology to identify periods of fertility. Some animals, like baboons, undergo obvious physical changes during ovulation. How has fertility become so difficult to detect in humans? For nearly half a century, the evolution of hidden ovulation in human … Read more

This icicle makes terrifying new ice loss study

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[ad_1] It’s a big cube.Graphic: Planetary visions we talk about ice cream a lot here on Earther – or more precisely, its growing absence. New study highlights what’s happening on the planet perspective. While i can tell you the results show that 1.2 trillion tonnes of ice has been missing every year since 1994, it … Read more

Competition between human women likely contributed to covert ovulation

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[ad_1] Competition for mates between prehistoric human women may have contributed to “ hidden ovulation ” – a lack of noticeable physical cues that a woman is fertile, experts say. Using computer models, US researchers have found evidence that hidden ovulation in humans – which is unusual in the animal kingdom – has evolved to … Read more