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Butterflies Cure Themselves with Plants
Written on 11 Oct, 2010 at 9:03 in Discovery | viewed 3 views times | No Comments
Monarch butterflies can cure themselves and their offspring of disease by using medicinal plants, according to a new paper in the journal Ecology Letters. The disease is caused by a protozoan parasite called Ophryocystis elektroscirrha. The parasite invades the gut... (Continue reading)
Commercial Spaceship Flies Free In First Glide Test
Written on 11 Oct, 2010 at 8:59 in Discovery | viewed 8 views times | No Comments
Virgin Galactic’s commercial suborbital spaceship completed its first free flight on Sunday, gliding from an altitude of 45,000 feet to a landing at the Mojave Air Space Port in California. The spaceship, named VSS Enterprise, has made four previous forays... (Continue reading)
Fossil of new dinosaur species found in China
Written on 11 Oct, 2010 at 8:47 in Discovery | viewed 188 views times | No Comments
Beijing: Scientists in China have discovered the fossils of a previously-unknown dinosaur species – a meat-eating theropod. The fossils of the dinosaur were unearthed at Longshan in Yi Autonomous Prefecture of Chuxiong in September, said Dong Zhiming, a researcher from... (Continue reading)
World’s Oldest Evidence for Dinosaurs Found
Written on 6 Oct, 2010 at 8:42 in Discovery | viewed 3 views times | No Comments
The earliest known fossils associated with dinosaurs have just been identified in 250-million-year-old rocks from Poland, according to a new Proceedings of the Royal Society B paper. The fossils — footprints made by dinosaur relatives known as dinosauromorphs — suggest... (Continue reading)
Neanderthals Were Compassionate and Caring
Written on 6 Oct, 2010 at 8:37 in Discovery | viewed 4 views times | No Comments
Neanderthals are often depicted as brutish club wielders, but a new book suggests Neanderthals had a sensitive side, displaying “a deep seated sense of compassion.” (A Neanderthal and human face to face. Credit: Knut Finstermeier) 5650_web The findings, also published... (Continue reading)
Pope’s Scientist Would be Happy to Baptize an Intelligent Extraterrestrial
Written on 6 Oct, 2010 at 8:17 in Discovery | viewed 10 views times | No Comments
On meeting an intelligent extraterrestrial, what should we do? We could try to communicate with it; we might even be able to understand each other — assuming they’re not too busy pounding our planet into mush. We could even try... (Continue reading)
Underwater T.Rex-Like Carnivores Built to Kill
Written on 4 Oct, 2010 at 9:24 in Discovery | viewed 29 views times | No Comments
Like an underwater T. Rex, marine mega meat-eaters ripped into prey with massive, serrated teeth some 171 to 136 million years ago to satisfy a diet of at least 70 percent flesh. What’s more, metriorhynchids, the extinct relatives of today’s... (Continue reading)
Inventors Killed By Their Own Inventions
Written on 4 Oct, 2010 at 9:20 in Discovery | viewed 6 views times | No Comments
This week Jimi Heselden, owner of the British company Hesco Bastion that produces Segways, died in a tragic Segway accident. Police report that Heselden apparently fell off a cliff and into a river while out on a ride. Although Heselden... (Continue reading)
Stonehenge Drew Prehistoric Tourists
Written on 1 Oct, 2010 at 7:42 in Discovery | viewed 0 views times | No Comments
Stonehenge’s circle of large standing stones was a top international tourist attraction already in prehistoric times, according to chemical analysis of the teeth of individuals found buried near the mysterious megaliths. Presented this week at a science symposium in London... (Continue reading)
Dinosaurs Taller Thanks to Thick Cartilage
Written on 1 Oct, 2010 at 7:39 in Discovery | viewed 14 views times | No Comments
Dinosaurs were much taller than previously thought, according to a new study that found cartilage extended the limbs of these animals by up to a foot in length. The discovery has implications for the posture, flexibility, total body length, speed... (Continue reading)
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