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Shireen Gonzaga

Earth

How did dinosaurs become birds? This fossil offers insights

How did dinosaurs become birds? An exquisitely preserved fossil of the oldest-known bird, Archaeopteryx, has revealed new details.
Earth

Here’s how fierce T. rex got to North America

A new study explains how tyrannosaurid and megaraptor dinosaurs attained large sizes, and that the ancestor of T. rex originated in Asia.
Space

Magnetars’ strong flares forge gold and other heavy elements

For the 1st time, astronomers have seen that flares from magnetars - or highly magnetized, compact, dead stars - can create heavy elements such as gold.
Human World

Gladiator bones show first-ever evidence of lion mauling

Scientists have found, for the first time, physical evidence of bite marks from a big cat, likely a lion, on the skeleton of a gladiator.
Space

Ammonia-water mushballs raining on Jupiter, says new theory

Ammonia-water mushballs could be raining down on Jupiter, explaining why some parts of the planet's upper atmosphere are deficient in ammonia.
Space

Large Magellanic Cloud is ripping apart its smaller neighbor

Data from the Gaia observatory show that the Large Magellanic Cloud is ripping apart its smaller neighbor, the Small Magellanic Cloud.
Space

Heatwave on Jupiter from strong solar wind amazes scientists

A strong solar wind wave slammed into Jupiter, compressing its magnetic field and creating intense auroras that created a widespread heat wave.
Earth

Great white sharks in False Bay vanished. What happened?

The disappearance of great white sharks from False Bay, South Africa, in mid-2018 resulted in significant changes in the local marine food chain.

Human evolution complexity revealed in astonishing new study

A new study on human evolution says that our ancestors split into 2 groups 1.5 million years ago, then merged to form modern humans, 300,000 years ago.
Human World

New evidence: humans and Neanderthals interacted in Israel

Artifacts and human remains from Tinshemet Cave in central Israel indicate that modern humans and Neanderthals in the Levant interacted with each other.