A fly caught in amber, showing its original coloration. Image: Chenyang Cai et al., 2020 Fossils rarely retain evidence of an organism’s original color, but these 99-million-year-old amber fossils found in Myanmar reveal the vibrant hues of another world. New investigation Published today in Proceedings of the Royal Society B …
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FILE PHOTO: Members of the Italian army wearing protective masks verify a driver’s permission to enter the Turano Lodigiano red zone, closed due to an outbreak of coronavirus in northern Italy, in Turano Lodigiano, Italy, February 26, 2020. REUTERS / Yara Nardi / File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – A study …
Read More »Cotton is better for homemade masks, study suggests
Photo: Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt (fake pictures) A new study led by the US government found that common materials like cotton can effectively filter out particles as small as coronavirus, especially in layers. The findings offer more evidence that homemade masks can slow the spread of the pandemic and possibly …
Read More »Germany extends confinement in district hit by COVID-19 at slaughterhouse
Medical personnel work at a test drive site in an out-of-service aircraft hangar at Guetersloh airport after an outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Guetersloh, Germany, Germany, 27 June 2020 REUTERS / Leon Kuegeler BERLIN (Reuters) – The state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) in western Germany said on Monday that, …
Read More »Whale sharks have eyeballs covered in small teeth
A whale shark Image: AP (AP) Marine biologists in Japan say whale sharks have eyeballs covered in tiny teeth, in a unique discovery of this huge but gentle aquatic species Teeth are typically used to describe our upper canines.but new investigation published in PLOS One describes the teeth of one …
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