New Evidence Suggests Triassic Ichthyosaur Super-Predator May Have Been Largest Animal to Ever Live

New Evidence Suggests Triassic Ichthyosaur Super-Predator May Have Been Largest Animal to Ever Live

Scientists believe that ichthyosaur had a two-meter-long skull and an estimated length of 21 meters, making it a super-predator for the time. The jaw-bone was measured to be around 96 centimetres long, the researchers said that based on the size of the bone, the super-predator could have been between 20 to 25 meters, larger than the previous specimen found in 2004.

New Study Reveals COVID-19 Virus Can Linger in Brain for Months

New Study Reveals COVID-19 Virus Can Linger in Brain for Months

A new study from researchers at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has revealed that the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, can spread throughout the body, including the brain, and linger for almost eight months. The findings were published in the journal Nature and were based on tissue samples from autopsies of patients who died from COVID-19.

Enceladus: The Icy Moon with the Potential for Alien Life

Enceladus The Icy Moon with the Potential for Alien Life

Scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery on Saturn’s icy moon, Enceladus. An analysis of data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has revealed that the underground ocean of the moon contains phosphorus, an essential building block of life used to construct DNA and RNA. The concentrations of phosphorus in Enceladus’ ocean may even be thousands of times greater than in Earth’s ocean.