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A very ancient fossil that was found in the Scottish Highlands has provided experts with new information regarding the transformation from single-celled organisms to multicellular creatures. Named Bicellum Brasieri, it is the oldest ever organism found with two cell types and dates back approximately a billion years. Described as an important “missing link” in the... Read more »

April 28 2021 The Canby Garden Club opens its yard of the month program with Meredith and Chris Wisemans Birch Street yard. There was something alluring about the 1965 home Meredith and Chris Wiseman bought on Birch Street in Canby in 2020. The couple had always been fascinated by mid-century modern architecture, and the home they discovered was a good representation of that. And the yard at 1255 N. Birch St. had plenty of potential, something they continue to work on relentlessly. Becaus...

came across a peculiar landscape while examining the deep ocean about 850 miles southwest of Hawai’i.There were a wide variety of sea sponges rising up on their stalks, their bodies turned to face the main current, which carried tiny food particles. The scene inspired one of the scientists to denote the landscape the “Forest of the Weird.” But the group on the Okeanos Explorer, which was on an expedition led by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, was in for yet another d...

How to Pick a Houseplant That Will Survive in Your Kitchen Photo: sirtravelalot (Shutterstock) If your living spaces are already full of plants, you may be looking at adding some greenery to other rooms in your home—including the kitchen. And, like any other room in your home, your kitchen has its own microclimate, thanks to the amount of sunlight it gets, the access to fresh air, humidity levels, and the temperature. Advertisement So while it’s not possible to find one single plant that�...

Detecting This Specific Gas in an Alien Worlds Atmosphere May Be a Good Sign of Life MATT WILLIAMS, UNIVERSE TODAY 4 APRIL 2021 It is no exaggeration to say that the study of extrasolar planets has exploded in recent decades. To date, 4,375 exoplanets have been confirmed in 3,247 systems, with another 5,856 candidates awaiting confirmation.   In recent years, exoplanet studies have started to transition from the process of discovery to one of characterization. This process is expected to ...

Secret Service Worry Major Biden’s Behavior Influenced By Time Spent On Far-Right Dog Forums WASHINGTON—Searching for answers in the wake of multiple violent incidents involving the German shepherd, Secret Service agents told reporters Wednesday that they remained concerned that Major Biden’s recent behavior had been influenced by time spent on far-right dog forums. “It starts out innocently enough with following a squeak toy meme account, but slowly dogs like Major get sucked into...

Humans Have Surprising Similarities to Strange Creatures From 550 Million Years Ago 9 MARCH 2021 From what little we know of them, they seem so different. Mysterious creatures that lived in the ocean half a billion years ago – headless, limbless things, seemingly alien to us in all respects.   Except they werent, new research suggests. In fact, the Ediacaran biota – a collection of ancient oceanic life-forms that dwelled on Earth between 570 to 539 million years ago – would have shared...

India News: CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) has been commissioned to conduct genome and proteome mapping (micro nutrients) present inside single-cel

An Extinct Cave Bears DNA Was Still Readable After 360,000 Years Image: Gennady Baryshnikov A tiny ear bone belonging to a cave bear that died some 360,000 years ago has yielded the oldest genome not sourced from permafrost. The newly sequenced genome is offering new insights into the evolution of cave bears and how climate change can precipitate the emergence of entirely new species. Advertisement “With DNA, we can decipher the genetic code of extinct animals long after they’ve gone, but o...