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On The Hunt For Earth’s First Complex Life
1+ hour, 45+ min ago (366+ words) Finding microfossils of Earth’s oldest complex life is a bit like chasing an astrobiological rainbow. The eukaryotic pot of gold at rainbow’s end always seems just a bit out of reach....
The Sahara turns green roughly every 20,000 years, and the last time it did, hippos and crocodiles lived in lakes where there is now only sand
8+ hour, 25+ min ago (634+ words) The Sahara has not always been the dry barrier familiar today. During its most recent humid interval, grasslands, wooded savanna, wetlands and lakes spread...
Nuances in the Workings of the Eye and Retina — LessWrong
3+ hour, 23+ min ago (1434+ words) Image edited from source at Britannica • The eye (any eye) is a miracle of evolution, which has filled its structure at every scale with an apparent…...
How Arizona's beavers could be a secret weapon in fire prevention - AOL
16+ hour, 30+ min ago (1454+ words) Laura Roche understands the imperative of curbing carbon emissions to prevent climate change from supercharging wildfires to “megafire” status. But she’s also aware that such steps won’t solve the problem right away, even if the entire world got their act…...
Ramsar Sites in Uttar Pradesh: Complete List (2026)
11+ hour, 25+ min ago (706+ words) Uttar Pradesh has 13 Ramsar Sites. It has some of India's most ecologically important wetlands. Uttar Pradesh is one of the leading state in terms of international recognised wetland. These sites are protected by Ramsar Convention which is and international treaty…...
How Scientists Learned a 550-Million-Year-Old Sea Creature Was Right-Handed
10+ hour, 2+ min ago (447+ words) VICE Get unlimited access to everything VICE has to offer. The science of handedness is going through a bit of a renaissance right now. Just in the past few months, researchers have uncovered more about why roughly 90 percent of humans…...
This Week in Science: Tiny T. Rexes, a New Monkey Species, And More!
10+ hour, 30+ min ago (672+ words) This week in science: Surprisingly tiny T. rex hatchlings, an elusive new monkey species, and much more! First up: Quantum supercomputers have been put to work on the complex task of finding the optimal fuel for nuclear fusion reactors. The simulations…...
Boots In The Water: Starry stonewort data collection takes place as plan takes shape
15+ hour, 1+ min ago (154+ words) Twan Leenders and Everwild Land Trust intern Sydney Maggio are pictured collecting sediment samples in Chautauqua Lake to gather bulbils of starry stonewort, an invasive algae that lake groups are trying to prevent from gaining a foothold in the lake....
Climate-Resilient Tree Plantation Takes Root in Eco Village
8+ hour, 2+ min ago (262+ words) City Air News Jul 18, 2026 09:06 0 Neri: As part of the month-long Tree Plantation and Environment Protection Drive, the College of Horticulture and Forestry, Neri(Hamirpur), a constituent college of Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry (UHF), Nauni, organised a…...
An Exhibition of Phloxes at the Latvian National Museum of Nature
14+ hour, 31+ min ago (216+ words) Inbox.lv An Exhibition of Phloxes at the Latvian National Museum of Nature The exhibition is organized by phlox breeder and collector Tatjana Kočāne from Rūgadzi, whose garden cultivates about 400 varieties of phlox, including 60 varieties selected by her personally. The…...