Spanish scientists find first signs of Diplodocus in Europe

Spanish scientists find first signs of Diplodocus in Europe

Researchers writing in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology this week said they found the first skeletal evidence of the Diplodocus dinosaur outside North America, discovering several chevron-shaped vertebrae and bones dating back to about 150 million years at a site in eastern Spain. The team from the Dinópolis Foundation of Teruel, which studies the rich … Read more

Researchers warn social media driving harmful misuse of Alzheimer’s blood tests | Health

Researchers warn social media driving harmful misuse of Alzheimer’s blood tests | Health

Researchers have warned that social media may be misleading healthy people into taking Alzheimer’s blood tests, causing severe anxiety over biological markers that may never actually cause dementia.Blood-based biomarker tests, such as p-tau217 and p-tau181, detect biological signs of changes in the brain associated with Alzheimer’s disease, which is a progressive brain disorder and the … Read more

Saudi Arabia: Satellite image reveals major damage that shut crucial oil pipeline – BBC

Saudi Arabia: Satellite image reveals major damage that shut crucial oil pipeline - BBC

Saudi Arabia: Satellite image reveals major damage that shut down crucial pipeline BBCSaudi Arabia faces high-risk decisions as war with Houthis escalates Al JazeeraSaudi Aramco cancels European crude shipments as key pipeline remains closed Crude oil prices today | OilPrice.com Saudi pipeline hit by drones will be out of service for weeks, further restricting oil … Read more

Nike co-founder Phil Knight donates $1.1B to Oregon medical center

Nike co-founder Phil Knight donates $1.1B to Oregon medical center

Phil Knight, former chairman and founder of Nike, attends the Allen and Co. Sun Valley annual press conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, July 11, 2019.Brendan McDermid | ReutersNike co-founder Phil Knight and his wife, Penny, will donate $1.1 billion to Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Oregon and its Providence Heart Institute, according to a … Read more

A mammoth-ivory hunter pulled a wolf’s head from the Siberian permafrost with its fur, whiskers and brain still intact — the animal had been dead for roughly 40,000 years

A mammoth-ivory hunter pulled a wolf's head from the Siberian permafrost with its fur, whiskers and brain still intact — the animal had been dead for roughly 40,000 years

Forty thousand years in cold storage and the animal still seemed upset. That was more or less the scene on the bank of the Tirekhtyakh River in northeastern Siberia in the summer of 2018, when a man hunting for mammoth ivory pulled something furry out of the melting ground. Not a fang. The head of … Read more

Popular brain supplement linked to shorter lifespan in men

Popular brain supplement linked to shorter lifespan in men

A brain-boosting nutrient may sharpen your mind but knock years off your life. Research suggests the popular supplement ingredient, widely touted for improving focus and cognitive performance, may have a surprising downside when it comes to longevity. Scientists found that men with higher levels of the substance in their blood tended to have shorter lifespans … Read more