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- Ancient blanket made with 11,500 turkey feathers
- T. rex had huge growth spurts, but other dinos grew slow and steady
- X-ray imaging of a beetle's world in ancient earthenware
| Ancient blanket made with 11,500 turkey feathers Posted: 25 Nov 2020 10:51 AM PST New research sheds light on the production of an 800-year-old turkey feather blanket and explores the economic and cultural aspects of raising turkeys to supply feathers in the ancient Southwest. |
| T. rex had huge growth spurts, but other dinos grew slow and steady Posted: 24 Nov 2020 04:05 PM PST By cutting into dinosaur bones and analyzing the growth lines, a team of researchers discovered that T. rex and its closest relatives got big thanks to a huge growth spurt in adolescence, while its more distant cousins kept on growing a little bit every year throughout their lives. |
| X-ray imaging of a beetle's world in ancient earthenware Posted: 17 Nov 2020 09:28 AM PST Using X-rays, a researcher has imaged 28 impressions of maize weevils on pottery shards from the late Jomon period (around 3,600 years ago) excavated from the Yakushoden site in Miyazaki Prefecture. This is the first example of pottery with multiple weevil impressions discovered in Kyushu, and the density of impressions is the highest ever found in Japan. |
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