Overturning conventional wisdom stretching all the way to Leonardo da Vinci, new Hebrew University of Jerusalem research shows that how things break (fracture) and how things slide (friction) are closely interrelated. The breakthrough study marks an important advance in understanding friction and fracture, with implications for describing the mechanics that drive earthquakes. Over 500 years […]
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Shark teeth analysis provides detailed new look at Arctic climate change
July 11th, 2014 
Riffin Source : University of Chicago A new study shows that some shark species may be able to cope with the rising salinity of Arctic waters that may come with rising temperatures. The Arctic today is best known for its tundra and polar bear population, but it wasn’t always like that. Roughly 53 to 38 million […]
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No Comments »Ancient amber revealed one secret
July 10th, 2014 Riffin The warm beauty of amber was captivating and mysterious enough to inspire myths in ancient times, and even today, some of its secrets remain locked inside the fossilized tree resin. But for the first time, scientists have now solved at least one of its puzzles that had perplexed them for decades. Their report on a […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Amber, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, world fossil society No Comments »Fossilized Elephant Tusk Found on Seafloor
July 9th, 2014 Riffin A fossilized elephant tusk at least 100,000 years old has been discovered on the seafloor off the Sicilian coast, according to a survey of underwater archaeologists. Discovered during a series of archaeological dives in the waters off Torretta Granitola, a village on the island’s southwestern coast, the tusk is more than 3 feet long. “It […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Elephant Tusk, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, world fossil society No Comments »Argentavis magnificens: Largest Prehistoric Bird
July 8th, 2014 Riffin Scientists have identified the fossilized remains of an extinct giant bird that could be the biggest flying bird ever found. With an estimated 20-24-foot wingspan, the creature surpassed size estimates based on wing bones from the previous record holder — a long-extinct bird named Argentavis magnificens — and was twice as big as the Royal […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Argentavis magnificens, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, world fossil society No Comments »Ammonite fossil discovered in Hawkes Bay
July 6th, 2014 Riffin The fossil of a squid-like creature wiped out with the dinosaurs has been discovered in a Hawkes Bay streambed. The surprise find of the ammonite fossil – found contained in a 50kg boulder in the Waiau River – has excited scientists about what other specimens may lay hidden in New Zealand’s under-explored wilderness. The uncovered […]
Scientists Discover Why Female Dinosaurs Laid Smaller Eggs
July 5th, 2014 Riffin A team of researchers have discovered that though dinosaurs were the largest creatures to have ever walked on Earth, they did not lay the world’s largest eggs. Both individual egg size and clutch size of sauropods, one of the largest group of dinosaurs, were found to be a lot smaller than previously thought. Sauropods, including diplodocus, […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Female Dinosaurs, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, world fossil society No Comments »New specimen of Archaeopteryx reveals previously unknown features of the plumage
July 4th, 2014 Riffin Paleontologists of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich are currently studying a new specimen of Archaeopteryx, which reveals previously unknown features of the plumage. The initial findings shed light on the original function of feathers and their recruitment for flight. A century and a half after its discovery and a mere 150 million years or so since […]
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