Day: December 9, 2015

Puppies Born by In Vitro Birth for First Time; Learnings for Gene-Editing Diseases For years, researchers have been trying to achieve in vitro birth in dogs. Recently, a littler of puppies, beagles and partly cocker spaniel, was born by in…

Ansel Adams’ Job is Paying Up to 0K–National Parks Photographer Opening, Here The U.S. Department of the Interior has listed a job that is essentially the one Ansel Adams filled in 1941–taking large-format (big film) photography of national parks and…

Strange Mosasaur Fossils Reveal Smaller Species Had Binocular Vision and Hunted At Night Well-preserved mosasaur fossils represent a new smallish marine reptile that used binocular vision to hunt at night. Source: Natures Talk Show via Nature World News Strange Mosasaur…

Dogs Posses Self-Consciousness, New ‘Sniff Test’ Confirms A researcher from the National Research Tomsk State University devised a new “sniff test” that proves man’s best friend is actually self-aware. Source: Natures Talk Show via Nature World News Dogs Posses Self-Consciousness,…

New Texas Pterosaur Is Remarkably Similar To English Cousins, Say Researchers [VIDEO] A new species of toothy pterosaurs named Cimoliopterus dunni sheds light on the evolution of these flying reptiles. However, its closest relatives are from England, suggesting the prehistoric…

{$inline_image} Images Reveal How Organization Says Dolphins See People Underwater Dolphins emit sound waves to get a feel for their underwater surroundings. Researchers have reconstructed images that they say show how dolphins “see” nearby objects by recording these sounds. Those…

Moby Dick Learnings: Adding in Arctic Weather History from Whaling Logs A citizen-science project is transcribing whaling ships’ logs from the mid-1800s in order to add to the environmental history of the Arctic. Want to help, while looking at pages…