Fotografía y dibujo lineal del cuerpo del espécimen holotipo de Brevirostruavis macrohyoideus, nueva ave del Cretácico descubierta en China ?Li, Stidham, Zhou, Clarke, 2021 pic.twitter.com/NiG82GDAbS — CRCpaleos (@CRCpaleos) December 28, 2021 The bird, which lived simultaneously with the dinosaurs on the territory of modern China, had an unusually long tongue. As scientists found out, its size exceeded the length of the head of a fossil creature, whose fossilized skeleton, 120 million years old, was discovered in the northeast of the country. Some modern birds, such as woodpeckers or hummingbirds, also have a very long tongue. But the extinct bird, which was named Brevirostruavis macrohyoideus (which means “a bird with a short head and a big tongue”) is the earliest such example, scientists from Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, as well as the University of Texas at Austin, who owns the discovery. The team hypothesized that
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In the USA, the second time capsule found under the statue of General Lee was opened
Researchers open possible time capsule from 1887 found in Robert E Lee statue pedestal – video https://t.co/2TyZwAsMI5 — Guardian news (@guardiannews) December 28, 2021 Historians and officials from the city of Richmond, Virginia, decided not to delay for a long time with the opening of the second time capsule, which was found on Monday, December 27, at the base of the pedestal of the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Initially, they wanted to open it after the New Year holidays, but the analysis of the copper box showed that there could be water inside, and therefore it is necessary to extract artifacts from it as soon as possible. In the presence of officials and journalists, historians opened the capsule. In a copper box weighing about 16 kilograms, they found many artifacts more than 130 years old: a button, a business card, handwritten letters, wet copies of the Harper’s
Nasal “Sputnik V” will appear in early 2022
The Gamalei Center assured that the Sputnik V vaccine for the nose will also be effective against the omicron strain of coronavirus. Moreover, not only in terms of protection against infection, but also in terms of preventing transmission of the virus. The head of the center, Alexander Ginzburg, said earlier that the new nasal vaccine will protect against covid, including those who have already been vaccinated with other drugs. In November, he said that the nasal vaccine did not show any side effects. The nasal vaccine was previously tested by Russian President Vladimir Putin. The head of State said that he inhaled the powder through a syringe. The Russian leader admitted that he did not feel anything. He noted that doctors recommended him to be re-vaccinated with the vaccine through his nose. Later, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that after the revaccination, Putin has a high level of antibodies. And
“Summer” weather in Alaska has set a temperature record
View this post on Instagram A post by Noora-Maria Piirainen (@airamaroon) Last Sunday, the air temperature in the city of Kodiak in Alaska reached plus 19.4 degrees Celsius. This is a new state record for December, the Daily Mail reports. Usually the temperature at this time of year in the region averages minus 1 degree. The cause of the abnormally warm weather was an area of constant high pressure located in the southeast of the Aleutian Islands in the North Pacific Ocean. According to the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Alaska is warming faster than any other U.S. state and twice as fast as the entire world on average as a result of global warming. Since 2014, up to 30 record high temperatures have been recorded in the state. New Year’s sale: discounts up to – 60% Anna Lysenko Even more interesting things about nature
The social network VKontakte named the main memes of 2021
In second place is the post-ironic meme “Will you sell fish?”, born in the VKontakte social network. He gained popularity in July 2021 thanks to the community “Memes about cats (to laugh)”. In the picture, the cats look at the fish laid out on the asphalt for sale. There is a slightly absurd dialogue between cats and sellers: “Will you sell fish? – No, we are showing it. – Krosivoe” (the spelling of the authors is preserved – Ed.). The meme “And cleverly you came up with it” closes the top three with a quote from the cartoon “Dobrynya Nikitich and the Serpent Gorynych”. “The same phrase helps to mark both ridiculous ideas and really cunning plans,” the organizers of the “Battle of Memes” note.
An unusual “velvet” soil was photographed on Mars
New photos of the Martian soil show an amazing relief, which astronomers compared to a “velvety” pie sprinkled with powdered sugar. The image taken by the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter captures a 4 km wide Martian crater in the Great Northern Plain area. It is partially filled with water ice, especially on the northern slopes, which are less illuminated during the year. The dark band at the edge of the crater consists of volcanic materials such as basalt. Most of the terrain is ice-free. It was formed by the ongoing Aeolian processes associated with the work of the wind. In the lower right corner of the photo, stripes are visible — here the wind has removed the bright iron oxide dust from the surface, exposing a darker “substrate”. New Year’s sale: discounts up to – 60% Anna Lysenko Even more interesting things about nature
High school students in Russia will be taught financial literacy
“In cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Science and the Ministry of Education, the introduction of financial literacy in educational programs will continue. It is planned to consolidate the teaching of elements of financial literacy within the framework of existing academic disciplines for grades 10-11 (from 2022 it is already mandatory in grades 1-9),” the website of the Ministry of Finance reports. Other priorities for the development of financial literacy include digitalization of educational products, expanding the reach and increasing the involvement of target audiences, as well as ensuring the safety of consumers of financial services. “Financial and investment literacy has entered the Financial market development strategy until 2030. So our horizon is exactly the year 2030. For all of us, this is an absolute achievement – recognition that financial literacy is the most important component of the country’s economic success,” the press service of Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov
Russians named the most useless gifts for the New Year
Thus, 6% of the survey participants identified souvenirs and figurines among the most unnecessary gifts, 3% – kitchen utensils, cutlery, 2% each — socks, trinkets, sweets, sweets and chocolate. At the same time, about 7% of citizens called all gifts received for the New Year useless. However, 71% of respondents noted that they had never received unnecessary gifts. 27% admitted that they received. “Almost never give gifts received for the New Year, 88% of Russians, every tenth respondent sometimes gave gifts received for the New Year (10%). Women do this twice as often (13%) than men (6%),” the report says. The survey was conducted on December 25 among 1,600 adult citizens of Russia. New Year’s sale: discounts up to – 60%