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Paging Michael Crichton: World’s Oldest and Cutest Dino Embryo Found
It’s been a banner week for oldest things!
Brave New World: Thinner Ozone Layer Means Whales Are Changing Color?
Thanks to ozone-eating chemicals, one study suggests that whales could be in for long-term suffering.
350-Year-Old Animal Burrow Discovered in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania: Home to all your breaking animal burrow news!
X-Ray Google Doodle Celebrates X-Ray’s 115th Birthday
Today’s Google Doodle honors the X-Ray with a transparent logo packed with inside jokes.
Dino Dragonflies! Scientists Recreate Paleozoic Weather, the Monsters to Go With It
Egad!, someone get us a giant fly swatter. According to a post at Wired, biologists have grown super-size dragon flies that are 15% larger than normal by raising the insects in high-oxygen conditions that mimicked the Earth’s …
The Conjoined Twins Who Share Thoughts and Senses
This is a story that’s been kicking around the blogosphere for a while, but that we just saw today: A pair of conjoined Canadian twins have lived for four years with linked brains but separate personalities. Read the whole …
The Future Is Now: The Invisibility Cloak Exists
Ever wish you could make yourself vanish into thin air like Harry Potter? Now that dream may not be far off after British scientists Thursday announced the invention of a film that can manipulate light and render invisible …
Send Your Name to Mars While Watching the New Rover Get Built
NASA is on a mission: to make space travel more interactive.
How Political Victory and Porn Are Connected
While it might not be the most obvious way to celebrate your political party winning an election, research shows that victorious voters look at more online porn.
Forget Inception, Try Extraction: Dream Recorder is ‘Possible’
Researchers have developed technology that leads them to believe reading a person’s dreams will one day be possible.
The Chaplin Time Traveler: What Does Science Say?
Is time travel really possible? We revisit our chat with time travel expert, physicist Dr. Michio Kaku, for the science behind the theories.