~hackernews | Bookmarks (6)

Roughly two miles deep in the Pacific Ocean, on a dark and rocky outcrop near Costa Rica nicknamed El Dorado Hill, scientists from the Schmidt Ocean Institute observed the miracle of life—pinkish octopus hatchlings emerging from their warm, potato-shaped eggs. These babies were the centerpiece of a two-part discover...

Scientists discovered a perfectly formed dinosaur embryo sat in a storage cupboard of a Chinese museum.The embryo had been sat in the cupboard for over a decade without anyone realising that the egg could help reveal an incredible link between modern birds and dinosaurs.The unborn specimen discovered in 2015 is an o...

SKIP ADVERTISEMENTScientists are looking at layers of minerals left behind on mammoth tusks to estimate where the hulking animals spent their days.An artist’s reconstruction of mammoths crossing dunes north of the Swan Point archaeological site in Alaska 14,000 years ago.Credit...Julius Csotonyi/University of Alaska...