Hans Larsson, a vertebrate paleontologist from McGill University (Canada), discovered a rare micro-raptor fossil while examining samples in museum collections in China.
Inside the ancient reptile, the remains of its last meal were well preserved, the publication reported. ScienceAlert Unexpectedly for Larsson’s team, the stomach of the microraptor contained a tiny – about one centimeter – foot of a mammal. Possibly a rodent.
According to the researcher, it was hard to believe. After all, it was …

[/caption]Doctor, my chest hurts…
The physician carefully examines the patient, listens attentively, and discovers a lung condition.
“Please take off your shoes,” he instructs the visitor.
As the patient removes his footwear, the doctor takes a needle and begins to prick his toes. This procedure is repeated multiple times, and the patient recovers.
For centuries, Chinese doctors have treated ailments with injections and cauterizations: they target nerve nodes and stimulate specific areas of the …

Chemists have calculated that it takes no more than 11 pounds of potatoes to make a pair of galoshes. From these tubers, they extract alcohol, process it accordingly, and turn it into rubber. Making galoshes from rubber is quite straightforward.
However, during the fermentation of potato starch, not only alcohol is produced, but also carbon dioxide. In the past, this gas was released into the atmosphere and simply disappeared. Nowadays, carbon dioxide is used to create what is known as dry ice…

When the energy company MingYang announced the construction of another giant wind turbine, it brought the country one step closer to carbon neutrality. The flagship offshore wind turbine MySE 18.X-28X, with a capacity of over 18 MW, will rise 70 stories high.
This design surpasses the wind turbines that the company built earlier in all parameters, particularly the MySE 16.0-242. The new development is expected to help China achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, according to MingYang.
The 140-meter …

Potato Draniki with Chicken and Forest Mushrooms
Ingredients

6 potatoes
1.5 tablespoons of flour
1 egg
2 onions
400g of chicken fillet (about 0.9 lbs)
120g of forest mushrooms (about 4.2 oz)
Vegetable oil, to taste
50g of sour cream (about 1.8 oz)
1 cup of chicken broth
Salt and spices, to taste

Instructions
Peel the potatoes and grate them finely. Add salt to the grated potatoes. Peel one onion and chop it finely, then mix it with the potatoes. Beat in the egg and add the flour. Mix everythin…

Every autumn, millions of little orange suns emerge from the dark green foliage of small trees along the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus. These are the ripening citrus fruits. However, Adjara and Abkhazia still can’t supply enough mandarins and oranges to satisfy the entire country. And in regions like Moscow or Murmansk, you can’t plant a mandarin tree; it would perish at the first frost.
Scientists have long pondered the question: why do trees freeze? And they have found an answer.
A birch b…