This map indicates that the center of the galaxy, and the black hole that sits there, is located 25,800 light-years from Earth. This is closer to the official value of 27,700 light years adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1985, according to Japan’s National Observatory. In addition, according to …
Read More »Neanderthals may have used their hands differently than humans
The number of Stone Age people who became extinct about 40,000 years ago was much higher than ours. Moreover, a Neanderthal thumb would have stuck out of his hand at a very wide angle. “If you go to shake hands with Neanderthals, you’ll see the difference,” said Emilyn Bardo, a …
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When British-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca announced on Monday that its experimental coronavirus vaccine was an average of 70% effective, the world sighed in relief and stocks rallied. There was another vaccine with promising results. But the lack of clarity surrounding many aspects of the AstraZeneca vaccine test data has raised some …
Read More »The teacher’s decades-old discovery on Northern Ireland beach is the island’s first dinosaur discovery.
People often come across coins, shells and trash cans, but a teacher from Northern Ireland made a discovery that will go down in history. In the 1980s, Roger Byrne, a schoolteacher and fossil collector, found many unidentified remains on the east coast of County Antrim. He held on to them …
Read More »T. Rex had an increase in teenage growth – but not all dinosaurs did
But yet, It is not clear whether all dinosaurs share this growth pattern. What t. Was the Rex-style period the only way of extreme growth that dinosaurs became full adults? A study of 11 different dinosaur fossilized bone samples released on Tuesday found that while some were transformed during adolescent …
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