A study in PLOS One found that the plant-eating dinosaur Nigersaurus taqueti had one of the most extreme dental systems ever identified in a dinosaur. Its mouth held roughly 500 teeth and the study estimated that each tooth could be replaced about every two weeks. That finding turned a strange Cretaceous herbivore into a vivid…
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LeoLabs has reported a new detection near China’s Shenlong reusable spaceplane, after the commercial space surveillance company identified an object in the spacecraft’s orbital neighborhood on June 22, 2026. The finding adds another unresolved detail to the latest mission of a vehicle that has drawn close attention from satellite trackers, defense analysts and space policy…
A study in Monthly Notices reports that China’s Einstein Probe detected a strange double X-ray flash from a cosmic source called EP240305a. The event behaved in ways that resemble some of the universe’s most powerful explosions, yet its full identity remains uncertain. The signal appeared on March 5, 2024, as two short X-ray flares separated…
The National Institutes of Health has opened a long-awaited clinical question: can a purified compound from kratom be studied safely in people as a possible treatment for opioid use disorder? NIH announced on June 1, 2026, that its Investigational New Drug application for mitragynine has taken effect with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The…
