Archeology
Discovery of dinosaur fossils with feathers and scales
Scientists discovered a new fossil of a dinosaur (Psittacosaurus) that had skin that combined feathers like a bird and hard scales like a reptile.
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See evolving evidence on your own body
No need to look far, you can see firsthand the evolving evidence through natural selection process on your own body.
Archeology
Reviving the 1.500kg extinct bison, 400 years old
Scientists are trying to revive the European bison (Auroch), an animal that has been extinct, and bring it back to nature.
Archeology
The human face evolves to avoid injury
Research evidence from the ancient people (who walked by 2 limbs) showed that the human face evolved to minimize the possibility of injury when fighting.
Biology
New generation bee-friendly pesticides
Bees and other pollinators are needed for ¾ crops in the world, but they are severely reduced in recent decades due to destruction of habitats.
Biology
Evolution is the process of merging opposite trends
It seems that evolution into multicellular organisms is due to the interaction between different selective trends when changing the level of organism?
Animal world
Turtles can choose the sex from within the egg
Researchers found that baby turtles know how to move in eggs to lower or raise temperature, a skill that can help them choose their own sex.
Animal world
Spiders picky meals to survive
Many insects and carnivores, including humans, choose to eat certain parts of their prey to balance the amount of nutrients taken into the body.
Animal world
People make animals evolve faster
As a superior predator, humans force animals to change their body size and reproductive age at a rate three times faster than the natural effect.
Environment
New materials are capable of capturing selective carbon dioxide
UCLA chemists have announced a major step forward in reducing heat-trapping carbon dioxide emissions on February 15 in Science.
Medicine - Health
Ideas are useless, but the appendix seems to play a very important role
Our bodies have many parts that really have to be called ... useless. Wisdom teeth are a good example, and certainly no missing appendix.
Medicine - Health
Blood tests for depression medicine
Scientists have found a new way to determine if an antidepressant is effective for patients.
Medicine - Health
China is increasingly overflowing with men
Census data show that the gender imbalance rate at birth continues to increase in China, Health Minister Liu Qian said at a press conference yesterday.
Medicine - Health
Template for selective drugs to kill cancer cells
Scientists have successfully prepared a sample of a drug based on ribonucleic acid (RNA), which allows to selectively destroy cancer cells without harming the health of…
New technology
The house builds 200m high in a day
A team of Iranian engineers are developing robots that can build buildings up to 200m in just one day.