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Home News Female common wall lizard (Podarcis muralis) (Image: © Nathalie Feiner) A newfound species of parasitic worm wiggles its way into the brains of baby lizards long before the reptiles hatch. How do the nematodes break into developing lizard brains? They sneak in through the lizard mothers' ovaries, a surprising new study finds.Parasitic nematodes that…

Home News An illustration of how Proterocladus antiquus likely appeared 1 billion years ago. (Image: © Dinghua Yang; Tang et al., Nature Ecology and Evolution) The oldest green seaweed on record, the ancestor of all land plants, lived about 1 billion years ago, a new study finds. Scientists have discovered the fossils of what may be…

The fossilized leaves belonging to the Welwitschiophyllum plant. Credit: University of Portsmouth A remarkable new treasure has been found by scientists from the University of Portsmouth—the first fossil plant gum on record. The beautiful, amber-like material has been discovered in 110 million year old fossilised leaves. University of Portsmouth Ph.D. student Emily Roberts, made the…

A new SpaceX Starlink job posting hints that the company is very interested in an established multi-billion dollar market for high-quality satellite internet – a use-case its Starlink constellation should be a perfect fit for. One of the biggest sources for a recent boom in global demand for satellite broadband services, in-flight connectivity (IFC) is…

Tesla stock (NASDAQ: TSLA) dove 7.5% on Monday, falling twice as hard as the Dow and S&P 500. Tesla has had a turbulent February, with coronavirus fears beginning to eat into its growth. Analysts warn that Tesla stock is in a bubble and due for a big correction. Yesterday’s stock market plunge was especially painful…

Iran’s deputy health minister has been infected with coronavirus. The news comes an hour after the nation’s President asked citizens to not panic about the epidemic. Experts believe the number of cases in Iran to be much higher. Iran’s Fars news agency has reported that the nation’s deputy health minister Iraj Harirchi has been confirmed…

Rainbow Six Siege's development team would like the competitive shooter to go free-to-play one day. That's according to game director Leroy Athanassoff who spoke to PC Gamer at the Six Invitational 2020. "It’s a company decision. I think on the development team we want that at some point. We want the game to be accessible…

With ongoing concerns about the spread of COVID-19 (a.k.a. Coronavirus), games companies are increasingly pulling out of major events for the protection of their employees and the public.Below is a list of dropouts, changes and cancellations at game shows across the world, forced by the current health crisis. We'll update this story as and when…

In the moments following Ryan Newman’s dramatic crash in the Daytona 500, viewers were on the edge of their seats as what many believed to be gasoline poured out of the car near an open flame while Newman was trapped inside. It turns out the situation wasn’t quite as dire as it seemed.According to Fox…

It’s long been speculated that the Dallas Cowboys would part ways with Dallas Cowboys Cornerback Byron Jones as he seeks to become one of the highest-paid cornerbacks in the NFL. However, there’s been hope that the Cowboys would find a way to make his contract work even with the big money that they’re expected to…