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A new species found in China is cousin of Tyrannosaurus rex and fills ecological gap
Cosmos· 1 day agoMeet Asiatyrannus xui, the latest addition to the tyrannosaur family. A. xui was discovered in 2017 at the Nanxiong Formation near Ganzhou City in southeastern China. It lived about 69 million ...
Medieval England loved rumours, conspiracies and fake news about queens
The Conversation· 18 hours agoIf you enjoy a good bit of gossiping, England in the 15th century would have been a great place to live. The kingdom was awash with rumours and conspiracy theories, some true, some false. Given ...
What Is the Median Household Income for a Family in Every State
GOBankingRates via Yahoo Finance Canada· 4 days agoCompare median household incomes for families by state, and you'll find some very large...
98-Year-Old Physicist Finally Receives Ph.D. 75 Years After Her Major Discovery
Mentalfloss· 5 days agoA British university has bestowed an honorary doctorate of science on 98-year-old Rosemary Fowler, 75 years after she made a discovery that helped revolutionize particle physics. In 1948, Fowler—then ...
Beloved in Germany, asparagus and strawberries carry high human cost
Courthouse News Service· 5 days agoIt’s asparagus season in Germany, an occasion the country takes incredibly seriously. Often served...
What Will Happen If This Iconic Research Vessel Stops Drilling in the Deep Sea?
Smithsonian Magazine· 6 days agoIn July 2022, a football-sized, soft-sided UPS package from Germany arrived in my office mail room at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. After all, it contained 89 sediment samples that I’ ...
Paris 2024 reaches gender parity among athletes, but sport has always policed women’s bodies
The Conversation· 7 days agoThe 2024 Paris Olympics will be the first to achieve total gender parity. From 26 July to 11 August, 5,250 male and 5,250 female athletes will compete in the 33rd edition of the modern Games ...
Flunkies, goons and managerial feudalism: why David Graeber’s Bullshit Jobs is the book that keeps...
The Conversation· 18 hours agoThe late David Graeber was an American professor of anthropology at the London School of Economics. In 2013 Graeber wrote an article for obscure left-wing magazine Strike! The response from ...
Botanists Vote to Remove Racial Slur From Hundreds of Plant Species Names
Smithsonian Magazine· 6 days agoAfter six days of heated discussions, 556 researchers at the International Botanical Congress in...
ADHD brains present unique challenges, but the condition is highly treatable − a primary care nurse...
The Conversation· 6 days ago“My brain has way too many tabs open.” As a family nurse practitioner in primary care, I have diagnosed and treated numerous patients with ADHD. Understanding how the wiring differs in a brain ...