Ants evolved from wasp-like ancestors in the Cretaceous period, about 99 million years ago and diversified after the rise of flowering plants. Some ants have an incredibly painful sting. Check out Coyote Peterson exploring ants via the pain they induce. Crazy.
Today, scientists published their first results from a drilling expedition into Chicxulub crater, the buried remnants of an asteroid impact off the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico that killed off the dinosaurs 66 million years ago.
via Updated: Drilling of dinosaur-killing impact crater explains buried circular hills | Science | AAAS.
A newly released diagram of all life on Earth, the Tree of Life, contains a whole new branch, full of microbes — which appear to dominate Earth’s biodiversity.
via A new Tree of Life reminds us to question what we know |.
Another explanation is that women are more valuable hosts. Women can pass infections to their children during pregnancy, birth and breastfeeding, so there’s an evolutionary pressure on viruses to be less harmful to them.
via Viruses may have evolved to hit men hard but go easy on women | New Scientist.
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Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski was only 14 years old when she stepped foot into MIT’s campus offices seeking approval one morning for the single-engine plane. Read about her ground breaking research on PhysicsGirl.com.
