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A peer-reviewed study published in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society has documented the discovery of an exceptionally well-preserved fossil of a giant trapdoor spider in New South Wales, Australia. Measuring 23.31 millimeters in body length—about five times larger than modern trapdoor spiders—this extinct species, named Megamonodontium mccluskyi, dates back to the Miocene epoch and offers a rare window …

Scientists often refer to the mesosphere as the “ignorosphere”—a region that’s too high for planes or weather balloons to explore, yet too low for satellites to probe. Despite our technological advances, we’ve yet to find a decent way to monitor this large stretch of air, which lies about 37 miles (60 kilometers) above the surface. But engineers are inching towards …

About 5% of common Australian wild birds including kookaburras and lorikeets could have undergone a “sex reversal” where their genetic sex does not match their reproductive organs, according to a new study. The study is thought to be the first to find widespread sex reversal across multiple wild bird species, but the cause of the phenomenon is not yet known. …

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Many groups in the animal kingdom have the remarkable ability to regenerate their eyes, but mammals are not one of them—at least, not yet. A new study analyzed the genetic mechanisms behind the ocular regenerative ability of the golden apple snail to see if a similar technique could be used in …

A groundbreaking study, recently published in Papers in Palaeontology, has revealed the oldest known fossil of a docodontan mammal, shedding new light on the evolutionary journey of early mammals. The discovery, led by Dr. Sofia Patrocínio and her team, presents the oldest definitive docodontan found to date, narrowing the knowledge gap between early docodontans and later mammalian species by 7 …

Astronomers have discovered what could be the largest black hole ever detected. With a mass of 36 billion times that of our Sun, its gravity is so powerful that it bends the light of an entire galaxy behind it into a near-perfect circle called an Einstein ring, effectively reducing a realm with trillions of stars of its own into an …

Mitochondria, the tiny organelles without which our bodies would be deprived of energy, are gradually revealing their mysteries. In a new study published in Nature Neuroscience, researchers from Inserm and the University of Bordeaux at the NeuroCentre Magendie, in collaboration with researchers from the Université de Moncton in Canada, have for the first time succeeded in establishing a causal link …

A space rock that punched a hole through a Georgia resident’s home earlier this summer may be 20 million years older than our planet, researchers say. The meteorite streaked across the sky as a fireball on June 26, just before a piece of it struck a house in the city of McDonough. A researcher at the University of Georgia (UGA) …

The Dead Sea, a body of water sitting at the lowest point on Earth’s surface, has long been a source of intrigue for scientists and researchers. Its unique composition, with some of the highest salt concentrations on Earth, makes it a natural laboratory for studying salt deposits, or “salt giants.” A recent study published in the Annual Review of Fluid …

Autopsies revealed mysterious blue-colored brains — now scientists know what caused it  PsyPost Source link