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Dinosaur-killing asteroid impact fouled Earth's atmosphere with dust

Researchers revealed the potent role that dust from pulverized rock ejected into the atmosphere from the impact site may have played in driving extinctions, choking the atmosphere and blocking plants from harnessing sunlight

The Hindu

Dust from asteroid caused 15-year winter that killed dinosaurs, says study

Dust prevented plants from growing, causing collapse in dinosaur food chain

Evening Standard

Dust drove dinosaurs’ extinction after asteroid impact, scientists say

Researchers ran simulations to explore the ‘killing mechanisms’ that wiped out 75% of species

The Guardian - UK

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Pink, plastic and terrifyingly popular: Barbie is Australia’s preferred Halloween costume this year

The doll has topped Google Trends most searched costumes for October in NSW, Victoria and NT - but other parts of the country have different ideas

The Guardian - AU

Two Just Stop Oil activists arrested after spray painting dinosaur in protest at Natural History Museum

Two medics were held on suspicion of criminal damage after orange paint was put over a dinosaur skeleton

Evening Standard

Moon may be ‘40m years older’ than previously thought, researchers say

Scientists shed new light on satellite’s formation by studying lunar dust from Apollo 17 mission

The Guardian - UK

‘Callous, reckless, unethical’: scientists in row over rare fossils flown into space

‘Grand gesture’ condemned as an unethical publicity stunt that risked the loss of 2m-year-old human remains

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V.S. Achuthanandan turns 100 on October 20

VS’s life is a lesson in resilience and courage.At 100, Comrade VS, a leader who rose from humble beginnings, remains a symbol of resilience and courage. He fought for the rights of peasants, led a struggle against land reclamation, and championed causes that endeared him to the public. He was…

The Hindu

The lost world: Venezuela’s unique tepui frogs face new perils

Living in carnivorous plants or rolling like balls to flee from predators, amphibians on these tabletop peaks evolved like no others. Can they avoid extinction as their home heats up?

The Guardian - UK

‘Extremely rare’ Jurassic-era fossils discovered in Lake Powell

Tritylodonts, mid-sized mammal-related herbivores, roamed the area’s deserts 200m years ago

The Guardian - US

Morocco fossils reveal astounding diversity of marine life just before the asteroid hit

66 million years ago, the Cretaceous period ended. Dinosaurs disappeared, along with around 90% of all species on Earth. Was it a slow, inevitable decline, or did the end come quickly, driven by a disaster?

The Hindu

Oldest evidence of humans in Americas confirmed by new research

New research shows that fossil footprints discovered at the edge of an ancient lakebed in New Mexico's White Sands National Park date back to between 21,000 and 23,000 years ago

The Independent UK

Oldest evidence of humans in Americas confirmed by new research

New research shows that fossil footprints discovered at the edge of an ancient lakebed in New Mexico's White Sands National Park date back to between 21,000 and 23,000 years ago

The Independent UK

First fossilised snake traces discovered in South Africa

Until now there hasn’t been a single description of a surface fossilised snake trace – a mark on a surface that’s become cemented and re-exposed over time – anywhere in the world.

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The Independent UK

Europeans cannibalised on their dead loved ones 15,000 years ago, archaeologists say

‘Cannibalism was practiced on multiple occasions across northwest Europe over short period of time’

The Independent UK

Further evidence points to footprints in New Mexico being the oldest sign of humans in Americas

New research shows that fossil footprints discovered at the edge of an ancient lakebed in New Mexico's White Sands National Park date back to between 21,000 and 23,000 years ago

Inverse

A Disputed Paper Claimed Humans Came to North America 23,000 Years Ago — It Just Got Backup

A new paper looks at two other ways to date footprints that could be the first human tracks in North America.

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Feathers Of Modern Birds Inherited Proteins From Dinosaur Ancestors

Scientists discover that dinosaur feathers were stiff, enabling gliding

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Hands-on experience wows kids at South Side Science Festival: ‘Exposure is everything’

The second annual University of Chicago event brought a new generation of potential researchers closer to science.

The Conversation

How the age of mammals could end

Throughout the past 500 million years, our planet has experienced a total of five mass extinctions. One of these – the Permo-Triassic mass extinction event – led to the demise of roughly 90% of Earth’s species.

The Guardian - UK

‘Supercontinent’ could make Earth uninhabitable in 250m years, study predicts

Extreme temperatures, radiation and collapse of food supply created by merging of continents would cause mass extinction

The Independent UK

Netflix releases epic trailer for Morgan Freeman-narrated nature documentary Life on Our Planet

Steven Spielberg executive produces new series, which dramatises five global extinction events

The Independent UK

Exceptionally well-preserved ‘giant’ spider fossil found in Australia

‘Megamonodontium mccluskyi’ is believed to be the largest spider fossil to be found in Australia

The Guardian - UK

It isn’t just nursery kids who need a ‘settling in’ period

Settling children into their new school year makes a lot of sense, but wouldn’t it be nice if adults had the same period of adjustment to every stage in life

Salon

Experts warn of a "biological holocaust"

Between 1500 and 2022, two orders, 10 families, and 71 genera of animals went extinct thanks to humans

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