During the total solar eclipse in December 2020, NOAA’s Goes-East satellite observed a lunar shadow slip in South America. NOAA Treatment of South American thin cuts a Total solar eclipse on Monday. Most of the world’s live currents were able to enjoy the action, but the National Ocean and Atmospheric …
Read More »Pioneering Reconstruction reveals a surprising insight into diet and agility in the early brain of dinosaurs.
Endocast of Brecocase and Thecodontos ur interest Anticus. From the CT scan of the braincase fossil, 3-D models of braincase and endocast were generated and studied. Credit: Thecodontos ur interest silhouette from Phylopic.org, created by Antonio Belle with Byronder.com A leading reconstruction of the brain in the early dinosaurs to …
Read More »Gemini Meteor Shower Still Tonight or Tuesday: How to See It
The Gemini meteor caught on in its final, flammable moments. NASA The 2020 Geminid meteor shower has officially passed its prime, but impressive performances still await those skydivers who venture out Monday night and early Tuesday morning. The official peaks of the Geminids arrived early Monday night, and they certainly …
Read More »Yellowstone volcano: ‘explosive’ magma known as USGS warns of ‘world-end’ eruption | Science | News
The caldera inside Yellowstone National Park is called Supervision, because of its ability to bring global destruction in the event of an accident. It was formed during the last three major events in the last 2.1 million years, with lava creeks erupting about 630,000 years ago. Located below the states …
Read More »How selfish are plants? Let’s do some root analysis
Imagine you are a pepper plant. You need water and nutrients. Luckily, you can grow roots that pull those things out of the soil and pipe you up. So far, so good. There is only one problem. Your neighbor – even the pepper plant – needs the same things. There …
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