You never know what you might find while walking along the beach. People often come across coins, shells and trash, but a teacher in Northern Ireland made a discovery that will go down in history. In the 1980s, the late Roger Byrne, a schoolteacher and fossil collector, found several unidentified fossils on the east coast…… MORE
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David Attenborough has left Instagram, just weeks after joining
David Attenborough has signed off from Instagram, after gaining 6.2 million followers during a short stint on the platform. The 94-year-old naturalist and TV host joined Instagram on September 24 and made his last post on October 31. His bio now reads: “Account no longer active.” Attenborough’s last post on the platform said he was…… MORE
What you need to know about coronavirus on Wednesday, November 25
Thanksgiving is “potentially the mother of all super spreader events.” That’s the verdict from CNN medical analyst Dr. Jonathan Reiner, as millions of Americans travel to be with loved ones this week, risking an explosion of Covid-19 infections in the coming days. The US has been here before. Reiner pointed to the fallout from the…… MORE
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T. rex had a teenage growth spurt — but not all dinos did
Researchers have long known that the meat-eating Tyrannosaurus rex had a teenage growth spurt, gaining around 35 to 45 pounds per week, to reach its colossal size. But up until now, it hasn’t been clear whether all dinosaurs shared this growth pattern. Was a T. rex-style period of extreme growth the only way dinos became…… MORE
Astronauts on a Mars mission will need to be ‘conscientious’ to work well together
The astronauts selected for the first human mission to Mars will need to have more than “the right stuff.” People on this very long mission will need to possess an eagerness for doing the right thing, too. Conscientiousness, defined as “wishing to do what is right, especially to do one’s work or duty well and…… MORE
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Heat-trapping gas levels reach a new record high, despite the coronavirus lockdown
No, the coronavirus lockdown did not solve climate change. Not even a little bit. In fact, the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere surged to a new record high this year, even as the pandemic brought the world to a standstill, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said Monday. While carbon emissions fell during the…… MORE
Oxford English Dictionary couldn’t pick just one ‘word of the year’ for 2020
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has been unable to name its traditional word of the year for 2020, instead exploring how far and how quickly the language has developed this year. “It quickly became apparent that 2020 is not a year that could neatly be accommodated in one single ‘word of the year,’” the OED…… MORE
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