Archeology
Four-winged dinosaurs have relatives with birds?
What remains of the four-winged dinosaur, Anchiornis huxleyi, reinforces the notion that the ancestors of birds are bipedal dinosaurs that lived in the millions of years…
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Archeology
The assassins once dominated the blue sky
Millions of years ago, toothed birds, flying lizards and super insects were lords in the sky. They eat every animal, from flies to dinosaurs ...
Archeology
Winged dinosaurs can't fly
In movies, they flutter in the air with tremendous speed. But in fact, flying dinosaurs can hardly escape the ground because it is too heavy.
Archeology
How do giant birds fly?
With a span of more than 6 meters, a vulture of the same size as a Cessna plane had to rely on a 60km / hour glide to fly on the Argentine plains 6 million years ago.
Archeology
Discovered flying lizards that lived 125 million years ago in China
Chinese paleontologists discovered in the province of Liaoning (Northeast China) the intact fossil of a flying ancient lizard: a film that stretches out similarly to cav…
Archeology
Ancient dinosaurs fly with 4 wings
The first flying dinosaurs on the earth have been flying in the air like a biplane from the First World War.
Archeology
Ancient birds fly with 4 wings
The oldest bird known to humans has feathers on their feet, allowing it to use these legs as an extra pair of wings,
Archeology
Dodo bones reveal the past
A group of Dutch paleontologists discovered the lower half of a dodo, a long-extinct flying bird. Among the remnants include a hip bone attached to 4 pieces of leg bone.
Archeology
Ancestors of birds - Archeopteryx
How did birds evolve? This is a difficult topic of science. Birds have soft bones that fly in the air, have few fossil occasions, so fossil records of bird roots are rar…
Archeology
Did the dinosaurs ever fly and swim?
Another group of researchers said traces were discovered in the US state of Wyoming, a swimming bipedal dinosaur. The size of an ostrich, this dinosaur roamed the shore…
Space science
Anti-glare for telescopes to find life beyond Earth
NASA's Starshade project can detect signs of extraterrestrial life hidden by light from stars, thanks to anti-glare devices for telescopes.
Space science
SpaceX Falcon rocket launcher
A small spacecraft designed to travel in space by solar energy is scheduled to be introduced into space from SpaceX boosters in 2016.
Space science
The rocket will carry hundreds of satellites
The US Air Force signed with Lockheed Martin a contract to produce a multi-use winged rocket named RBS Pathfinder.
Space science
The most exotic plane in NASA's history
AD-1 is an aircraft that can rotate its wings at an angle of 60 degrees in the air. The aircraft was built in the 1970s of the last century.