Researchers show that the heavily armored, club-tailed ankylosaurs had a built-in air conditioner in their snouts. …read more Source:: Science
Day: December 19, 2018
Mortality rates rising for Gens X and Y too
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•Declining life expectancies in the US include Gen X and Y Americans, in addition to the older Baby Boomers. But the causes of premature mortality vary by race, gender and …read more Source:: Science
Why is sea level rising faster in some places along the US East Coast than others?
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•Sea levels are rising globally from ocean warming and melting of land ice, but the seas aren’t rising at the same rate everywhere. Sea levels have risen significantly faster in …read more Source:: Science
Sapphires and rubies in the sky
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•Researchers have discovered a new, exotic class of planets outside our solar system. These so-called super-Earths were formed at high temperatures close to their host star and contain high quantities …read more Source:: Science
Some prehistoric horses were homebodies
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•A strontium analysis of fossilized horse teeth from Florida found that the animals did not travel far from where they were born. Researchers also found evidence that prehistoric horses fed …read more Source:: Science