A team of paleontologists and mechanical and biomedical engineers compared CT scans of fossil bones of hadrosaurs and other dinosaurs with bones of extinct and living mammals and found that the dinosaur’s tracheal bone architecture could uniquely support large weights (up to 47,000 kg) and other than that of mammals …
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PlayStation is expanding its next gen campaign with PS5 promotional email
Following this week’s debut of the PS5’s first live-action commercial, Sony is sending out its first round of promotional emails for new consoles, signaling that the race is warming up to next-gen. Flagged by Reddit user yxung1, who gladly provided screenshots that you can view here, the emails reveal nothing …
Read More »Follow NASA’s Real Perseverance Rover on its way to Mars
A crisply rendered web application can show you where the agency’s March 2020 mission is at the moment, as it makes its way to the Red Planet for February 18, 2021. The last time we saw NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission was on July 30, 2020, as it disappeared …
Read More »Utah Governor calls parents ‘irrational’ for refusing to wear children’s masks to school
“I think the same people might get on a plane and say they will not fasten their seat belts,” he added. “And they may be invited to get off the plane if that is the case.” Similarly, Herbert said, students without face masks should not return to class and should …
Read More »Scientists invent new ‘infinitely recyclable’ plastic, PBTL
‘Infinitely recyclable’ plastic is being developed which can be degraded and re-cut for other uses after heating at 212F Most plastic deteriorates significantly when it is broken down and reassembled The new polymer, PBTL, retains its strength and durability after recycling Researchers suggest that it may be recycled over and …
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