Major shake-up suggests dinosaurs may have ‘UK origin’

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The first dinosaurs may have originated in the Northern Hemisphere, possibly in an area that is now Britain. This is one of the conclusions of the first detailed re-evaluation of the relationships between dinosaurs for 130 years.
It shows that the current theory of how dinosaurs evolved and where they came from may well be wrong. This major shake-up of dinosaur theory is published in this…

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March 24, 2017 at 01:04AM

‘New’ wave-like cloud finally wins official recognition

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Twelve "new" types of cloud – including the rare, wave-like asperitas cloud – have been recognised for the first time by the International Cloud Atlas.
The atlas, which dates back to the 19th Century, is the global reference book for observing and identifying clouds. Last revised in 1987, its new fully-digital edition includes the asperitas after campaigns by citizen scientists. Other new…

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March 24, 2017 at 12:51AM

UK schoolboy corrects Nasa data error

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A British teenager has contacted scientists at Nasa to point out an error in a set of their own data. A-level student Miles Soloman found that radiation sensors on the International Space Station (ISS) were recording false data.
The 17-year-old from Tapton school in Sheffield said it was "pretty cool" to email the space agency. The correction was said to be "appreciated" by Nasa, which invited…

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March 24, 2017 at 12:42AM

Fake News BBC Claim Record Temperatures

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According to the fake news BBC, large parts of the world had record warmth last year. (Note, although the BBC caption reads “in January this year”, fake news correspondent Matt McGrath has not realised that this is NOAA’s map for the whole of 2016 – the clue is the date, Wednesday Jan 11, and the […]

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March 24, 2017 at 12:16AM