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Chicken-sized dinosaur fossil found in CanadaPaleontologists at the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada, have announced the discovery of a new dinosaur. The 70-million-year-old dinosaur is the smallest ever found in North America. Called Albertonykus borealis, the slender bird-like creature was approximately the size of a chicken and is believed to have fed on wood-burrowing termites. Post a comment |
Ancient fossils offer insight into bird evolutionA 50-million-year-old skull of an ancient goose discovered in England is giving new insight into a unique ancient line of birds. Post a comment |
Hormone therapy mimics stomach staplingScientists at the Hopkins Medical School are one step closer to finding a less invasive alternative to bariatric surgery. Earlier this month, Aravind Arepally and his colleagues successfully suppressed the production of the hunger-inducing hormone, ghrelin, in pigs by damaging the main vessel that carries blood to the top of the stomach, where ghrelin is produced. Post a comment |