Around 390-million years ago, the king predator of coastal swamps was an 8-foot long sea scorpion with 18-inch long spiked claws.
That’s according to scientists in Germany and England who discovered a fossilized claw.
It’s well known that pre-historic insects were much larger than their modern descendents. But the giant scorpion claw gives us […]
Archive for November, 2007
Dinosaurs lived so long ago that sometimes it’s hard to believe that they were actually real. It’s even more difficult to believe that dinosaurs had something in common with us.
But they did. Take, for example . . . teenage pregnancy. It’s frowned on now among humans. But still, we […]
Yellowstone National Park is swelling. Literally. According to scientists at the University of Utah, the land is is puffing up about 2.8 inches per year.
Why?
Because much of the park sits on top of a giant, basin-like volcano called a caldera. And when the underground volcano gets restless, upward-moving, melted rock and rising heat […]
A few months ago, a Denver man showed up at a doctor’s office with trouble breathing. Although a little overweight, he didn’t smoke and was basically fit. The doctor was puzzled, but then asked a strange question.
“Do you eat a lot of microwave popcorn?” she said.
The guy was startled because he […]