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A new genus and species of prehistoric crocodile, Paludirex vincenti, has been identified from fossils unearthed in Queensland, Australia. Paludirex vincenti belongs to Mekosuchinae, an extinct subfamily of crocodylids from Australia and the South Pacific. Image credit: University of Queensland. Paludirex vincenti roamed Earth during the Pliocene epoch, between 5 …

Paleontologists in Morocco have found fossil fragments from a previously undescribed genus and species of symmoriiform shark that lived during the Late Devonian epoch. Ferromirum oukherbouchi reconstructed in association with invertebrates (orthocerid cephalopods and thylacocephalans) from the Devonian of Maider region, Morocco. Image credit: Frey et al., doi: 10.1038/s42003-020-01394-2. The …

Large Dolphin from Oligocene Epoch was Fast-Swimming Apex Predator Paleontologists have found and described the first nearly complete skeleton of Ankylorhiza tiedemani, an extinct large dolphin that lived about 24 million years ago (Oligocene epoch). Life restoration of a pod of Ankylorhiza tiedemani. Image credit: Robert Boessenecker. With a body …

A bizarre new species of the fish-scale gecko genus Geckolepis has been found living in the ‘tsingy’ karst formations of northern Madagascar. Geckolepis megalepis in life. Image credit: Frank Glaw. The Geckolepis fish-scale geckos are small- to medium sized arboreal and nocturnal lizards endemic to Madagascar and the Comoro Islands. …

Graphene was discovered in 2004, and right away its remarkable mechanical and electrical properties made it a hot topic of research. Graphene could be used for super-efficient batteries, solar panels, and much more. But after 13 years, we still don’t have any of that. The problem is that graphene is …

After the large tree fell on the wedding party, killing one woman and injuring seven other people, authorities have now initiated an investigation to find out the actual cause behind this tree-fall. It has been reported that the eucalyptus tree was standing in a Southern California park but on Saturday …

A team of paleontologists has found the remains of a prehistoric bird that lived 90 million years ago (Cretaceous period) in the Canadian Arctic. An artist’s conception of Tingmiatornis arctica’s possible environment 90 million years ago, characterized by volcanic activity, a freshwater bay, turtles, fish, and champsosaurs. Image credit: Michael …

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has run into an unanticipated problem — it’s running out of disk space. “This year the LHC is stable and reliable,” says Jorg Wenninger, head of operations at the LHC. “It is working like clockwork. We don’t have much downtime.” That’s actually the problem. When …

The Amazon Alexa enabled devices have been very popular for the company, we heard yesterday that Amazon had sold around five million Alexa devices in the US since the first device launched in 2014. According to a recent report by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Amazon is working on a high end …

It hasn’t been a good quarter for Nintendo from April 1st to June 30th 2016. The company reported in its recent finacial results that net sales were down to $587 million, a 31 percent decline over the same period in 2015 which saw $855 million in sales. Wii U sales, …