By Michael Le Page We now know ichthyosaurs also targeted larger preyJOHN SIBBICK / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Don’t bite off more than you can chew, goes the saying. But one ancient ichthyosaur did just that. The 5-metre-long marine reptile has the body of a 4-metre-long animal in its stomach – but apparently injured its neck…
By Michael Marshall A transmission electron micrograph of a modern bacterium, Helicobacter pylori. This section shows a spherical body and several flagellaBIOMEDICAL IMAGING UNIT, SOUTHAM Some of the earliest microorganisms may have been able to move around under their own power using whip-like “tails”, according to a study of fossils from 3.4 billion years ago.…
By Michael Marshall An artist’s recreation of the Tully Monsterdotted zebra / Alamy A bizarre ancient creature that looks like a sci-fi reject may actually have been a backboned animal related to fish. The claim relies on chemical analysis of fossils of the creature. However, other palaeontologists remain cautious. The animal is called Tullimonstrum gregarium,…
A board member of the petrochemical giant Phillips 66 with ties to Joe Biden has donated the maximum allowable amount to his presidential campaign, and Biden's campaign recently paid $85,000 to a travel company linked to the donor, Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings from April show -- despite Biden's pledge "not to take contributions over $200 from oil, gas, and coal industry executives, lobbyists, and PACs."For…
Céline Gounder, KFF Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed the results of the FDA’s largest baby formula safety test on CBS News 24/7’s The Daily Report on April 29. She also discussed how women seeking treatment for menopause symptoms are facing a shortage of estrogen patches on CBS News’ CBS Mornings on April 27.
1 min read AHEAD OF THE F1 Miami Grand Prix, Liam Lawson took a different type of drive than his usual high-speed outing. The 24-year-old racer from New Zealand got behind the wheel of the MH Muscle Car—a tricked-out Ford Raptor—with fitness director Ebenezer Samuel, C.S.C.S. along for the ride. Lawson and Samuel roll through
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In his earliest days in the governor’s office, Democrat Gavin Newsom huddled with his advisers to consider how to realize a key campaign promise: transforming a healthcare system replete with insurance company intermediaries into the nation’s first state-run single-payer model providing comprehensive coverage to all residents, similar to those in Canada and