150 million years ago a megalosaurus covered with filamentous feathers, similar to fine hair, lived in Germany. Paleontologists who have discovered its fossil remains have named it Sciurumimus because of its bushy tail, in honor of the squirrels of the genus Sciurus. It is the first case of feathered megalosaurus that has been described.
A team of Spanish researchers has obtained the genome of the melon, one of the species of greatest economic interest in the world. It is the first time that a Spanish public-private initiative has obtained a complete genome of a superior species of plants (they have flowers and produce seeds) and, in addition, they have done so using new massive sequencing technologies, which are cheaper and more efficient.
According to a new report by Buddy Media on the microblogging platform Twitter, although only 19 percent of tweets are published by companies on weekends, they show a 17 percent greater following compared to days Of diary.
An international team of scientists claims to have identified the reason why the Sun's atmosphere is more than 300 times hotter than its surface: supergiant tornadoes that would inject heat into the outer layers of the star. As the authors explain in Nature, the research has been carried out by comparing images from the Swedish solar telescope and those taken by NASA's Solar Observatory, and it has been determined that bright spots on the surface of the Sun and the atmosphere correspond to eddies.
ESA's Euclid mission, designed to explore the dark side of the Universe, has already started the construction phase. This mission was selected in October 2011 with Solar Orbiter as one of the first two M-class missions of the Agency's Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 program. The committee has agreed to draft a memorandum of understanding between ESA and NASA through which the US space agency will collaborate on the mission by providing the infrared detectors.
An international team of scientists led by researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (Germany) has analyzed the fossil teeth of Australopithecus sediba, which lived less than two million years ago. The results indicate that these primitive hominins ate leaves, fruits and bark, which shows that they were able to live in wooded environments and not in open habitats of the savannah as until now thought.
The Google company showed yesterday, for the first time in public, the prototype of its "smart" glasses or Google Glass Explorer Edition in the framework of its annual conference for software developers in San Francisco (USA). The gadget has a built-in camera and a stamp-sized screen slightly above the line of sight of the right eye onto which content, from images to emails, is projected, allowing for endless uses, including applications. virtual reality.
On Facebook, a small number of leaders are responsible for the rapid expansion of information through followers, according to a study by the Stern School of Business (New York). In addition, people over 30 years of age are more influential, and men are drawn more by women than among themselves.
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
