Astronomers Detect a Possible Signature of Life on a Distant Planet

Click Here to Read: Astronomers Detect a Possible Signature of Life on a Distant Planet: Further studies are needed to determine whether K2-18b, which orbits a star 120 light-years away, is inhabited, or even habitable by By Carl Zimmer inj the New York Times on April 16, 2025.

This artist’s impression shows the planet K2-18b, its host star and an accompanying planet in this system. Image:  ESA/Hubble.  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

 

Resurrected pools, remnants of last ice age, attract wildlife in Norfolk

Click Here to Read: Resurrected pools, remnants of last ice age, attract wildlife in Norfolk: Seeds can germinate having been buried in sediments of ‘ghost ponds’ for thousands of years by Paul Simons on the Guardian website on April 16, 2025.

Large Pingo at Thompson Common Image: Hugh Venables / Large Pingo at Thompson Common / CC BY-SA 2.0.  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Scientists Revive the Dire Wolf, or Something Close

Click Here to Read:  Scientists Revive the Dire Wolf, or Something Close: Dire wolves, made famous by “Game of Thrones,” went extinct some 13,000 years ago. Now, researchers have bred gray-wolf pups that carry genes of their ancient cousins By Carl Zimmer in The New York Times on April 7. 2025.

Reconstruction of Canis dirus (dire wolf) (Pleistocene, North America) Image: James St. John  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.