Lego fans of a certain age were in for a treat last month when pizza delivery girl Pepper Roni – yes, from the smash hit 1997 classic Lego Island – popped up in a trailer for a new video game. The red-haired hero, last seen over two decades ago, has been revived by the Lego … Read more
The woolly mammoths on Wrangel Island, from a tiny original population, persisted for 6,000 years despite genetic obstacles. Their sudden extinction remains a mystery, offering lessons for modern conservation efforts. Credit: Beth Zaiken Genetic analysis of the last woolly mammoths on Wrangel Island has revealed a population that managed to survive for 6,000 years despite … Read more
By James Cirrone for Dailymail.Com and Reuters 9:44 PM June 30, 2024, updated 9:56 PM June 30, 2024 Scientists conducting a new genomic study claim that the last woolly mammoths on Earth became extinct due to an extreme storm or plague. If the species had not become extinct, they might still be there today. These … Read more
Image: Sunblink “One world, connecting smiles.” That is the slogan Sanrio, the company responsible for its creation Hello Kitty, founded in 2021. The brand is all about ‘Minna Nakayoku’, which means ‘we all friends’ or ‘Getting along together’. Unity, friendship and love encompass the world of Sanrio, and it worked. For me, Hello Kitty has … Read more
LONDON: It was a kind of accidental discovery, Volker Vahrenkamp admits with a smile. “Sometimes these things need a little luck.” Vahrenkamp, a professor of geology at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Thuwal, on Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast, had set out with a team of colleagues to investigate a coastal geological … Read more
Human interest By means of Alex Mitchell Published June 7, 2024, 4:41 PM ET Call it one dinomicite discovery. A Long Island professor is among researchers who have discovered a new dinosaur species in Zimbabwe – the fourth ever discovered in the African country. Professor Kimi Chapelle of Stony Brook University played a crucial role … Read more
Call it one dinomicite discovery. A Long Island professor is among researchers who have discovered a new dinosaur species in Zimbabwe – the fourth ever discovered in the African country. Professor Kimi Chapelle of Stony Brook University played a crucial role in finding fossils of this long-necked herbivore, called a sauropodomorph dinosaur, which inhabited the … Read more