Wolf-Sized Otters Prowled the World Six Million Years Ago
Weighing 110 pounds, these fearsome predators were among the largest otters to have ever lived.
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Weighing 110 pounds, these fearsome predators were among the largest otters to have ever lived.
When some apocalyptic event in the very near future forces humans scurrying to another planet, we’re probably going to have the same question. Can we still get shitfaced?
This mystical incantation is probably familiar to you as something magicians say on stage when pulling rabbits out of hats. But the magician’s catchphrase doesn’t trace its origins to the stage.
For the third consecutive year, NASA and NOAA have announced record high temperatures.
Depriving ourselves of food to the point of near-starvation doesn’t sound very appealing, but it could prolong our lives and prevent the onset of age-related diseases.
With all this talk about human colonies on Mars, why not dream a little bigger?
It’s just a shame to see all of those red skittles, the best damn flavour, go to waste.
Shouldn't have to worry for at least the next 30 presidents or so.
He may have lived a very rough-and-tumble life – but at least he had access to delicious cured meats.
Prepare yourself for a marvellous trip.
Saturn’s tiny moon friend, Daphnis, is finally getting its close-up.
Humanity would understand very little about cancer without scientific research. But what if, when teams recreated each other’s research, they didn’t arrive at the same result?
There's no poo on our polymer pounds
Tiny crabs, shrimp and limpets scuttle beneath the smokestacks, and a remotely-operated vehicle named SuBastian went down there recently to join them.
Scientists think that an oxidatively modified carbon filtration system could purify the water enough to safely pour it into the ocean and prevent any further contamination.
You shouldn't even need a scientist to tell you not to. But here's one anyway.
