Prototaxites formed tall structures like tree trunks, shown in this illustration of a landscape from the Silurian Period RICHARD JONES/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY A bizarre ancient organism previously thought to be a giant fungus may actually belong to an undiscovered branch of the tree of life that mysteriously went extinct. Prototaxites, which lived between 420 million…
The New York Giants have been devoid of characters and flavor the past few seasons (Tommy DeVito and his agent notwithstanding), and now are playing catch-up. This offseason, the addition of three new quarterbacks from three different backgrounds is adding a new vibe to the culture. The players who have been here for a while…
Smartphones can be a distraction from other tasks Pheelings media/Shutterstock Do you find yourself distracted at work, turning to your smartphone for a bit of mindless scrolling? One solution is to put your phone out of reach – but unfortunately, it seems this may not work. “People turn their phone upside down, hide it under…
A Soyuz MS rocket at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Rhiannon Adam This ghostly image of a Soyuz MS rocket at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, shot the night before it took off for the International Space Station in December 2021, has a particularly poignant resonance for its photographer, Rhiannon Adam. Around a month earlier, she had…
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Marcel Louis-JacquesJun 14, 2025, 06:00 AM ET Close Marcel Louis-Jacques joined ESPN in 2019 as a beat reporter covering the Buffalo Bills, before switching to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The former Carolina Panthers beat writer for the Charlotte Observer won the APSE award for breaking news and the South Carolina Press Association award for…
In March 2024, a cargo ship smashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland UPI / Alamy One year after a container ship ran into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, causing the structure’s collapse, a study has identified other major US bridges that are surprisingly vulnerable to similar catastrophic ship…
The houndshark species Mustelus lenticulatus Paul Caiger At least one shark species has a bark to go along with its bite. It can make clicking noises, scientists report, a first among an animal group once thought to be totally silent. During her doctoral research at the University of Auckland in New Zealand, Carolin Nieder, now…
Giraffes in the Tarangire ecosystem in Tanzania Monica Bond The beautiful mottled patterns of a giraffe’s coat work as more than camouflage – the size of the spots seems to be linked to how well the animals survive during unusual temperatures. Every giraffe has a unique array of spots. Patterns with larger and rounder spots…
