Buried in the flood of data from the Kepler telescope is a planetary system unlike any seen before. Two of…
Month: February 2011
Bubble-nest Frog, Other “Extinct” Species Found
Last seen in 1937, the elegant tropical frog species (recently pictured near a forest stream) has been rediscovered along India’s…
Skull in Underwater Cave May Be Earliest Trace of First Americans
Alex Alvarez, Franco Attolini, and Alberto (Beto) Nava are members of PET (Projecto Espeleológico de Tulum), an organization that specializes…
Protecting villagers from deadly mudslides
In rural Guatemala, all it takes is a few minutes for tons of heavy mud to plow into a vulnerable…
Wormlike “Walking Cactus” Fossil Found
Fossils of an ancient, spiny creature dubbed a “walking cactus” have been found in China, a new study says. The…
“Thunder Thighs” Dinosaur Thrashed Predators to Death!
A newfound dinosaur species that used its “exceptionally powerful” thighs to kick predators likely had a bad temper to boot,…
Ice Age Child Found
In what’s now central Alaska, one of the first Americans—only three years old at the time—was laid to rest in…
How Love Lasts
Nothing compares to the rush of being newly in love. But even after a decade of marriage or more, some…
90-Year-Old Yoga Teacher Tries to Break Guinness World Record
At 90 years old, most people can barely move a muscle, but one age-defying great-grandmother can bend and flex her…
Here Comes the [Entire] Sun
NASA released the first global view of our sun, courtesy of a pair of space probes collectively called Solar TErrestrial…