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Researchers from Utrecht University and the Natural History Museum Maastricht discovered dietary preferences among mosasaur species by examining tooth wear marks, using 3D scanning techniques. This study enhances understanding of Cretaceous period biodiversity and highlights Maastricht's limestone d
<p>Mosasaurs, those large marine reptiles from the long-gone Cretaceous world, were quite picky in their choice of diet. This is the conclusion of researchers from Utrecht University and the Natural History Museum Maastricht. In collaboration with English colleagues from the University of Leicester, they were the first in the world to study the wear marks on mosasaur teeth.</p>
Fortification The Maginot Line and the West Wall In the interval between world wars, several European countries built elaborate permanent fortifications. The largest was the French Maginot Line, a system of mammoth, self-contained forts stretching from Switzerland to the vicinity of the Belgian frontier near Montmédy. The reinforced concrete of the forts was thicker than any theretofore used, the disappearing guns bigger and more heavily armoured. Ditches, embedded steel beams, and minefields guarded against tank attack. A large part of the works were completely undergrou...
Junkers Ju-87 Stuka: What Made the Luftwaffe Vulture So Fearsome? The Ju-87 Stuka terrorized civilian populations in the early days of the Nazi blitzkrieg during World War II. Here's What You Need to Know: The Stuka served in every theater of World War II where the German war machine was deployed. One of the deadliest and most effective airplanes of the Axis powers, the Junkers Ju-87 Stuka, owed its origin to a fearless World War I ace and, ironically, to innovative American aviation visionaries in the peaceful early 1930s. After shooting down 62 planes, ranking second only to the famous ...