Koalas aren’t extinct, impossible black hole exists and an old spacecraft bombarded by dust.
Tiny snails that nearly went extinct are now back, the mysterious massive explosion in our galaxy, and a native rodent learns to hunt cane toads!
All about the meteor that wiped out the dinosaurs, heart recommendations aren’t necessarily evidence-based, the Uncanny Valley for the ears, and tiny fluorescent frogs!
Discovery of 7 Earth-like exoplanets, concerns over cancer initiative, early spotting of a supernova, and disappearing crickets.
SoT 249: Snail Tinder
- December 11, 2016
- Tagged as: chicxulub, coconuts, dinosaurs, extinction, impact, mars, meteor, monoculture, snails, subsurface water
Dinosaur-killing meteorite, coconut extinction threat, water on Mars and the story of Jeremy the Left-Coiled Snail.
Otzi’s fashion, weather reporting birds, Tassie devils, supernovas, aliens, EM drive and more!
Underground water in California, ancient bird wings, land conservation, and the microbes that protect coral reefs.
Trees sorta sleep at night, new Tassie devils found, Neanderthal stalagmites, and dark energy and time.
A warning about P values, drilling into the impact crater that wiped out the dinosaurs, and the tiny creature that rips it face open in order to eat.
Liquid water found on Mars, the tongues of long-tongued bumblebees are shrinking, four kinds of gut bacteria linked to asthma, volcanoes may have contributed to the dinosaur extinction, and The Martian gets favourable reviews.