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Canadian Nature Photography Awards

Two Canadian researchers, Liam Brennan and an unnamed colleague, won awards in a global image competition hosted by BMC Ecology and Evolution and BMC Zoology. The 2026 joint competition awarded 11 photos from researchers worldwide…

Dinosaur Fossil Discovery

The movie "The End of Oak Street" features dinosaurs with feathers and fur, a departure from the scaly creatures depicted in previous films like Jurassic Park. This updated portrayal is influenced by recent discoveries about dinosaur…

Fastest Star in Universe

Astronomers have discovered a star called S301 that is moving at 15,500 miles per second, making it the fastest known star in the Milky Way galaxy. This star is orbiting Sagittarius A, a supermassive black hole located at the center of our…

Snakes Frozen in Time

Scientists from the United States have discovered four ancient snakes curled together in a burrow in Wyoming, dating back to approximately 38 million years ago. The fossils were found in the White River Formation and represent a newly…

Carl Linnaeus Quote

Carl Linnaeus, a Swedish botanist and zoologist, made a quote that still matters today about humanity's place in nature. He said "Human beings, having, above all creatures, received the power of reason, need to be aware where nature is…

Block Island Bird Records

Elizabeth Dickens, also known as the "Bird Lady of Block Island," spent over 50 years recording every day's bird sightings on Block Island in Rhode Island. She began her observations in 1912 and continued until 1963, creating a remarkable…

Ancient Italian Archaeological Discovery

In northern Italy, near the town of Marzabotto, archaeologists from the University of Bologna uncovered a 2,500-year-old sacred well at an ancient Etruscan city called Kainua. The well, which is part of a complex of monumental temples…

Narwhal Tusk Mystery Solved

Researchers from Aarhus University in Denmark have made a breakthrough discovery about the narwhal's unique tusk, which can grow up to 3 meters in length. The tusk is an upper tooth that protrudes through the whale's lip on the left side…

Ancient Mesopotamian Literature

The Epic of Gilgamesh, an ancient Mesopotamian story, is one of the oldest surviving works of literature. It was written in Akkadian cuneiform around 1300-1000 BC and tells the tale of Gilgamesh, a king from Babylonia, who goes on…

Climate Change Denial Debunked

A blog post by Scott Alexander discusses how some people use flawed or exaggerated research studies in psychology to justify their opposition to psychology as a whole. Alexander argues that while some subfields of psychology, such as…

Indian Solar Mission Research

Scientists at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics have made new discoveries about the Sun, specifically its corona, which is a mysterious outer atmosphere that reaches temperatures of up to 40 million degrees Celsius. The corona is hotter…

Ancient Fossilized Animal Waste

540 million years ago, a massive increase in biodiversity led to the emergence of predecessors to modern animals, including worms, invertebrates, and mollusk-like organisms. At this time, known as the Cambrian period, the study of…