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Mary Leakey and the Laetoli footprints – Animated Life | The Kid Should See This
Forty years ago in Laetoli, Tanzania, an elephant dung fight between a couple of paleoanthropologists led to a discovery: a fossilized animal print, at least 3.6 million years old. But the site had an even bigger surprise in store. After … Continue reading
Six English words borrowed from the Romany language | The Conversation
Tavarius/Shutterstock There’s a long history of communities speaking Romany in the UK, so it’s hardly surprising that some of its words have found their way into everyday English. Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities have been part of the UK’s … Continue reading
15+ Most Spectacular Photos of Worldwide Total Lunar Eclipse | My Modern Met
By Sara Barnes on May 18, 2022 Phases of the Total #LunarEclipse last night as seen from around Regina, SK. 🇨🇦🌝#BloodMoon #SuperFlowerMoon #lunareclipse2022 pic.twitter.com/p0xHm9Pg2q — HERRY (@herry_with_an_e) May 16, 2022 Did you catch the total lunar eclipse on May 15, … Continue reading
Learning about mindfulness from emperor penguins | The Kid Should See This
“Penguins are some of the most improbable animals on the planet,” explains science writer Carl Zimmer in 2005. “They have wings and feathers but cannot fly. They are not fish, but they have been recorded as deep as 1,755 feet … Continue reading
A tender poem doubles as a guide to sitting comfortably in one’s own company | Aeon Videos
‘You are such an interesting conversation.’ Pádraig Ó Tuama’s tender poem is a guide to being comfortable in one’s own company There is a you telling you another story of you. Listen to her. The Irish writer and theologian Pádraig … Continue reading
You’ve Seen the New Image of the Milky Way’s Black Hole – Now Hear It! | Sci-Tech Daily
This is a sonification — translation into sound — of the latest image from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) of the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way called Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*). Using a radar-like scan, … Continue reading
6 Lonely Branches on the Tree of Life
You can find the poster featured in this episode in the SciShow store on DFTBA: https://store.dftba.com/collections/s… When there’s only one species on an evolutionary branch, we call it a monospecific taxon. Studying these special species can help us better understand … Continue reading
Animals Inspiring the Armor of the Future
Organisms have evolved many clever forms of armor so that they can be ready for whatever nature throws at them. And us flimsy humans can learn to enhance our armor by taking inspiration from some of these creatures, and not … Continue reading
Scientists Uncover a New Deep-Sea Crown Jellyfish Species with Dozens of Coiled Tentacles | Colossal
MAY 6, 2022. GRACE EBERT Curled tentacles, soft spikes, and an unusually large, translucent bell distinguish a newly discovered species of jellyfish. The uncommon A. Reynoldsi became the subject of study for scientists at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (previously) … Continue reading
