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This primeval worm may be the ancestor of all animals

An artist’s making of Ikaria wariootia and its 555- million-year-old burrow. (Credit: Sohail Wasif/ UCR)…

namuMarch 27, 2020March 27, 2020

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Saturn’s weird, Earth-like moon just failed a key test for alien life

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft recorded this view of Saturn’s biggest moon, Titan, with Saturn’s rings in…

namuFebruary 13, 2020February 13, 2020

article fnc fnc/science fox-news/science/wild-nature/insects LiveScience Mindy Weisberger Technology

Tardigrades could (maybe) survive a nuclear attack. And now we know how.

A tardigrade. (AP Photo/BobGoldstein && amp; Vicki Madden, UNC Chapel Hill) Scientists just recently understood…

namuOctober 7, 2019October 7, 2019

article f0d34f60-977f-52b3-8831-3cc77731344f fnc fnc/science fox-news/columns/digging-history LiveScience Owen Jarus Live Science Contributor Technology

Sorry Indiana Jones, the Ark of the Covenant is not inside this Ethiopian church

Some have actually recommended the Ark of the Covenant is inside the Church of Our…

namuDecember 10, 2018December 10, 2018

article cafa4afe-0cf7-474d-a7c4-f3674828ea34 fnc fnc/science fox-news/columns/digging-history fox-news/science/archaeology/fossils fox-news/science/archaeology/history Laura Geggel Senior Writer LiveScience Technology

What the heck are these 520-million-year-old blobs? Experts can’t agree.

A brand-new research study states these blobs absolutely aren’t brains.(Liu J. et al./Proceedings of the…

namuApril 17, 2018April 17, 2018

article fnc fnc/science fox-news/columns/digging-history fox-news/science fox-news/science/archaeology/ancient-egypt fox-news/science/archaeology/culture fox-news/science/archaeology/history Live Science Contributor LiveScience Owen Jarus Technology

Secret to Great Pyramid’s near perfect alignment possibly found

The Giza pyramids location is seen on the borders of Cairo, Egypt February 3,2018 (REUTERS/AmrAbdallah…

namuFebruary 20, 2018February 20, 2018

8bac94ac-77e3-4736-922b-3e451af8cd21 article fnc fnc/science fox-news/science fox-news/science/air-and-space/spaceflight LiveScience Space.com Managing Editor Tariq Malik Technology

Elon Musk explains why SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy core booster crashed

Space X CEO ElonMusk required to Twitter Monday (Feb 12) to share some brand-new information…

namuFebruary 14, 2018February 14, 2018

8d8bd7ea-9ee6-4a61-8f1f-b50a0bfd4a20 article fnc fnc/science fox-news/science fox-news/science/planet-earth/oceans Jeanna Bryner Live Science Managing Editor LiveScience Technology

Scientists rush to explore underwater world hidden for 120,000 years

Looking out from the sea ice to iceberg A68, around November 2017, simply months after…

namuFebruary 13, 2018February 13, 2018

706140aa-12da-4e5f-9b90-acf0f370064c article Brandon Specktor fnc fnc/science fox-news/science fox-news/science/natural-science/physics LiveScience Senior Writer Technology

The author of this physics paper is 7 years old (and also a cat)

File image: Two kitties depend on the ruins of the ancient Agora in Athens June…

namuFebruary 9, 2018February 9, 2018

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Interlocked spiral of ancient skeletons unearthed in Mexico City

Archaeologists in Mexico City have actually found the burial of 10 skeletons set up in…

namuFebruary 5, 2018February 5, 2018

article dec0e40d-abd1-47a1-a541-c125d2e500b3 fnc fnc/science fox-news/science fox-news/science/archaeology/dinosaurs Live Science Contributor LiveScience Megan Gannon Technology

Oldest fossil of ‘missing link’ dinosaur discovered in Germany

This might be the oldest recognized specimen ofArchaeopteryx Credit: Oliver Rauhut et al., PeerJ, https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4191…

namuFebruary 5, 2018February 5, 2018

9efd44e6-e9e0-46c6-941a-83393f13887b article fnc fnc/science fox-news/science/wild-nature/mammals LiveScience Stephanie Pappas Live Science Contributor Technology

Weird: Naked mole rats don’t die of old age

Naked mole rats reside in underground nests in the deserts of East Africa.(Shutterstock) Just when…

namuFebruary 3, 2018February 3, 2018

article bd0be728-3586-4891-82ea-6e018556b637 fnc fnc/science fox-news/science/natural-science/physics LiveScience Stephanie Pappas Live Science Contributor Technology

Tractor beam levitates large orbs with sound

A styrofoam particle, 0.6 inches (1.6 cm) in size, levitates in the center of an…

namuJanuary 30, 2018January 30, 2018

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Here’s what caused a massive epidemic killing countless people in colonial Mexico

A map (A) proving Teposcolula-Yucundaain southern Mexico, consisting of where the excavations happened and (B)…

namuJanuary 27, 2018January 27, 2018

article Brandon Specktor fnc fnc/science fox-news/columns/digging-history fox-news/science/archaeology/culture fox-news/science/archaeology/history LiveScience Senior Writer Technology

Can hobbits swim? ‘Mordor under the sea’ found off Australia

Researchers found 26 undersea volcanoes that date to 35 million years earlier nearAustralia Credit: P.…

namuJanuary 22, 2018January 22, 2018

7eee7a0a-32e1-4968-b8c5-56ece312bebc article fnc fnc/science fox-news/columns/digging-history fox-news/science/archaeology/dinosaurs fox-news/science/archaeology/fossils fox-news/science/archaeology/history Laura Geggel LiveScience Senior Writer Technology

This bird’s ‘eyeball’ survived 120 million years

The fossil of an ancient bird found in Liaoning, China: The black box reveals where…

namuJanuary 17, 2018January 17, 2018

91550af7-45f1-4c3f-93ff-5f12f154be44 article fnc fnc/science fox-news/science/air-and-space/asteroids Live Science Contributor LiveScience Stephanie Pappas Technology

This out-of-this-world diamond-studded rock just got even weirder

File picture: An image taken by Expedition 46 flight engineer Tim Peake of the European…

namuJanuary 16, 2018January 16, 2018

article bd47a72e-e704-4550-93dc-fbebb97b9b5b Brandon Specktor fnc fnc/science fox-news/science/wild-nature/insects LiveScience Senior Writer Technology

Pelican spiders lived 165 million-years-ago and they are ‘spider assassins’

The pelican spider’s long neck and beak-like pincers offer it a nearly birdy look. Don’…

namuJanuary 13, 2018January 13, 2018

94c920bd-7894-451e-a66f-d912cf519cb0 article fnc fnc/science fox-news/columns/digging-history fox-news/science/archaeology/culture fox-news/science/archaeology/history Live Science Contributor LiveScience Owen Jarus Technology

1,000-year-old stone structure in Mexico may depict creation of Earth

When water levels in the pond are low, the Tetzacualco can be seen. Credit: Arturo…

namuJanuary 6, 2018January 6, 2018

article fa307814-b38a-475c-9c25-8e358651c00b fnc fnc/science fox-news/science/planet-earth/energy Laura Geggel LiveScience Senior Writer Technology

Lightning deaths hit a record low in 2017

HOBOKEN, NJ – AUGUST 22: Lightning illuminate the sky over lower Manhattan as a bolt…

namuJanuary 3, 2018January 3, 2018

80cf35ab-c6b7-43d3-b232-367d9f279ff6 article fnc fnc/science fox-news/columns/digging-history fox-news/science/archaeology/fossils Jasmin Malik Chua Live Science Contributor LiveScience Technology

This tiny sea monster had creepy mouth appendages

Artistic restoration of the tiny sea predator >Habelia optata

namuJanuary 3, 2018January 3, 2018

article fnc fnc/science fox-news/columns/digging-history fox-news/science/air-and-space/asteroids Live Science Contributor LiveScience Samantha Mathewson Technology

60-million-year-old meteor strike uncovered on remote Isle of Skye

A thin piece of ejecta transferred on the Isle of Skye, Scotland, 60 million years…

namuJanuary 1, 2018January 1, 2018

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King Tut’s dagger is ‘out of this world’

The iron dagger discovered in the burial place of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun dates to…

namuDecember 22, 2017December 22, 2017

8db56b63-71af-4dd6-b401-edcb50706a0e article Dan Robitzski Staff Writer fnc fnc/science fox-news/science/planet-earth/oceans LiveScience

What’s behind the speedy ‘smoke ring’ vortices?

The flag of Australia pinned on the map. Horizontal orientation. Macro photography. (MarkRubens, iStock). (…

namuDecember 22, 2017December 22, 2017

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Why people hear voices when climbing Mount Everest

[ad_1] The highest possible hills could drive those climbing them momentarily crazy. Currently, scientists claim,…

namuDecember 20, 2017December 20, 2017