One flight closer to space tourism Virgin Galactic is one flight closer to becoming a commercial "spaceline." The company's passenger spacecraft, SpaceShipTwo, completed its first rocket-powered flight Monday morning above the Mojave Desert in California. More
U.S. plans to drop gray wolves from endangered list The planned ruling would eliminate protection for the top predators, but scientists and conservationists say the proposal is flawed. Federal authorities intend to remove endangered species protections for all gray wolves in the Lower 48 states, carving out an a exception for a small pocket of about 75 Mexican wolves in the wild in Arizona and New Mexico, according to a draft document obtained by The Times. More
New calls to rename Higgs boson One of the scientists who developed the theory of the Higgs boson says the particle should be renamed to acknowledge the contributions of others involved in the work. More
Across China: Turtle, bird, dinosaur tracks reveal NW China's Cretaceous past LANZHOU, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- A scientific research team on Saturday revealed the discovery of fossilized tracks left by prehistoric creatures in northwest China dating back hundreds of millions of ... 09/7/2024 - 3:37 am | View Link
How dinosaur collagen survived the test of time Dinosaur fossils have revealed an astonishing discovery – collagen, the protein found in bones, skin, muscles, and ligaments, has been detected in specimens as old as 195 million years. This far ... 09/6/2024 - 10:56 am | View Link
Asteroid 10 times bigger than the dinosaur-killing space rock smashed Jupiter's largest moon off its axis New simulations show that Jupiter's massive moon Ganymede was knocked off its axis when it was struck by a roughly 90-mile-wide asteroid around 4 billion years ago. The colossal collision was likely ... 09/6/2024 - 9:05 am | View Link
New Species of Beaked Dinosaur Is Tiny Triceratops Relative The new discovery is significantly smaller than its iconic relative, which could grow up to 30 feet in length. 09/6/2024 - 4:11 am | View Link
Barney the Dinosaur fans left saying the same thing after release of trailer for new animated show Unlike the original live-action series, which was often filmed in a school setting, the new CGI version looks to take place primarily in a playground. Trap star Jonathan Langdon will voice Barney with ... 09/6/2024 - 2:53 am | View Link
Dinosaurs ‑ Extinction, Timeline & Definition The prehistoric reptiles known as dinosaurs arose during the Middle to Late Triassic Period of the Mesozoic Era, some 230 million years ago. They were members of a subclass of reptiles called the... 09/6/2024 - 12:19 am | View Website
Dinosaur | Definition, Types, History, Names, & Facts dinosaur, (clade Dinosauria), the common name given to a group of reptiles, often very large, that first appeared roughly 245 million years ago (near the beginning of the Middle Triassic Epoch) and thrived worldwide for nearly 180 million years. 09/5/2024 - 10:10 pm | View Website
The BEST of Dinosaurs Join Dinosaurs for incredible kid-friendly videos. Enter the prehistoric world when dinosaurs ruled the Earth. See them hunt and battle. 09/5/2024 - 7:11 pm | View Website
Jurassic World Evolution All dinosaurs including Deluxe Edition dinosaurs.Sizes of T-Rex, Spinosaurus, Giganotosaurus, Ceratosaurus & Spinosaurus roar are updated.If you want to know... 09/5/2024 - 6:57 pm | View Website
Dinosaurs 101 | National Geographic Over a thousand dinosaur species once roamed the Earth. Learn which ones were the largest and the smallest, what dinosaurs ate and how they behaved, as well ... 09/5/2024 - 5:17 pm | View Website
PARIS — Thousands of protesters took to the streets across France on Saturday, responding to a call from a far-left party leader who criticized as a “power grab” the president’s appointment of a conservative new prime minister, Michel Barnier.
The protests directly challenged President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to bypass a prime minister from the far-left bloc following a deeply dividing —and divided — legislative election result in July.
Missouri reports 1st human case of bird flu in the state ABC NewsBird flu detected in Missouri individual who is not a farm worker The Washington PostPerson infected with bird flu had no contact with animals — here’s why experts are concerned New York Post First case of bird flu without known animal contact detected in Missouri: CDC The Hill
New Images of Mercury Show Speckled Surface in Sharp Detail The New York TimesFourth Mercury flyby begins BepiColombo’s new trajectory European Space AgencyA Mercury-bound probe just provided a spectacular sneak preview of its mission MashableBepiColombo Mission Returns to Mercury for Best Flyby Views Yet Sky & TelescopeBepiColombo probe captures stunning Mercury images in closest flyby yet Space.com
Common Food Dye Makes Mouse Skin Transparent, Researchers Find DecryptScientific discovery that turns mouse skin transparent echoes plot of H. G. Wells’ ‘The Invisible Man’ CNNDye in Doritos used in experiment that, like a 'magic trick,' created see-through mice Yahoo! VoicesIn a first, living mice are made transparent STATResearchers Create Solution That Makes Living Skin Transparent The University of Texas at Dallas
WHO and Africa CDC launch a response plan to the mpox outbreak The Associated PressWhat It’s Like to Respond to Mpox in Africa Right Now TIMEMpox and the dangers of treating some lives as disposable Al Jazeera EnglishDRC receives first donation of 100,000 mpox vaccines to contain outbreak The Guardian