Researchers in Alaska have uncovered the bones of a prehistoric marine reptile dating back 70 million years. This is the first time an elasmosaur has ever been unearthed in this state. Its vertebrae were discovered embedded in an eroding cliff. Elasmosaurs had extremely long necks, small heads and paddle-shaped limbs for swimming. There are many theories […]
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Dinosaur fossil resembling the ‘loch ness myth’ found in Alaska
August 8th, 2015 
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August 4th, 2015 Riffin Mammals were evolving up to ten times faster in the middle of the Jurassic than they were at the end of the period, coinciding with an explosion of new adaptations, new research shows. Early mammals lived alongside the dinosaurs during the Mesozoic era (252-66 million years ago). They were once thought to be exclusively small […]
Trajectory of Nepal earthquake
August 2nd, 2015 Riffin Researchers from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego have accurately mapped out the movement of the devastating 7.8-magnitude Nepal earthquake that killed over 9,000 and injured over 23,000 people. Scientists have determined that the earthquake was a rupture consisting of three different stages. The study could help a rapidly growing region understand its […]
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