The Yangtze finless porpoise is near extinction in the wild, but glimpses of its heyday can be found in centuries of Chinese poetry.#TheAbstract
Bite marks on the pelvis of a beheaded man provide the first direct physical evidence of human-animal gladiatorial combat.#TheAbstract
One of the most compelling cases for extraterrestrial life has been found on K2-18b, a planet 124 light years from Earth.#TheAbstract
“It was like we were in the ‘Twilight Zone’ and peering at a negative of the real world,” said one mariner.#TheAbstract
A novel brain device allowed a woman who had suffered a stroke to speak full sentences for the first time since 2005.#TheAbstract
The epic shark may have been a full 80 feet long with a slender build, according to new research.#TheAbstract
Scientists Made a ‘Woolly Mouse’ in Quest to Resurrect Mammoths#TheAbstract
Scientists Made a ‘Woolly Mouse’ in Quest to Resurrect Mammoths
They are cute, but are they mammoths? No. They are mice.Becky Ferreira (404 Media)
He was hanging out in an ancient Roman port town 2,000 years ago, when something struck him (a deadly volcanic eruption).#TheAbstract
This week: A tale of creative cryopreservation, Transylvania's 16th-century weather reports, and dancing turtles.
This week: A tale of creative cryopreservation, Transylvaniax27;s 16th-century weather reports, and dancing turtles.#TheAbstract #science
Antarctica's Only Insect
This week: A tale of creative cryopreservation, Transylvania's 16th-century weather reports, and dancing turtles.Becky Ferreira (404 Media)
A 1,600-foot-wide asteroid has a 0.037% chance of impacting Earth on September 24, 2182. What if we punch that unlucky ticket?#TheAbstract
A tour of the outer solar system, from Pluto-Charon to Planet X, plus saber teeth and punky molluscs.#TheAbstract
We begin 2025 with Amazonian garden cities, lost woods in the Rockies, battitude, and robot hoopers.#TheAbstract
This week, the creature from the Pangean lagoon, casket shopping for Disney princesses, a horror show in ancient Somerset, and “Martifacts.”#TheAbstract
Don’t panic…yet. Also: A baby galaxy with a bedazzled name, tiny poops with big potential, and an ancient ritual compound in a secret cave chamber.#TheAbstract
Come along for a tale of mammoth meals, Venusian deserts, orbital splash parks, and slingshot-wielding spiders.#TheAbstract
This week, we explore the digestive products of dinosaurs, the sartorial skills of prehistoric peoples, the superpowers of a supreme squirter, and the effects of “repeated social defeat” in fish.#TheAbstract
This week, we’ll travel to ancient Mars, indulge in record-breaking “nanopasta,” check out nature’s version of fiber optic cables, and behold a galactic jellyfish.#TheAbstract
An anomalous encounter with Uranus, a lost world preserved in Antarctic amber, ChatGPT at the poetry slam, and an exceptional nudibranch.#TheAbstract
May I present: a hungry singularity, movie brains, Pompeii bling, and elephant showers.#TheAbstract #science
This week, we travel to the Fava Flow Suburbs, some dusty Martian ice, moonlit tropical forests, and a colony of mole-rats.#TheAbstract #science
Plus, time-traveling finches, a breakdancer booboo, man-eating lions, and comb jelly fusion.#TheAbstract
