Exceptionally preserved fossil of a 100-MILLION-year-old praying mantis is discovered in Canada

Exceptionally preserved fossil of a 100-MILLION-year-old praying mantis is discovered in Canada that shows the prehistoric creature’s vein network and wings Fossils of wings belonging to Labradormantis guilbaulti were found in Labrador The exceptionally preserved specimens allowed scientists to analyze veins laying on the wings  A single vein on a folding line exists in just … Read more

Scientists say intelligent life on other planets is ‘exceptionally rare’

Scientists say intelligent life on other planets is ‘exceptionally rare’ and that human-like civilisations are unlikely to exist away from Earth.  In a new paper, Oxford researchers theorise that, for life to have evolved the same way somewhere else, it would have taken longer than the whole of Earth’s projected lifespan.  Evolution on Earth from … Read more

Government-funded study rules it is ‘exceptionally rare’ for children to die of coronavirus 

Healthy children do not die of coronavirus and only those who were seriously ill before they caught the disease are at risk, a major government-funded study has confirmed. No healthy child has died of the virus yet in the UK, researchers said. Six children have died but all had other serious health problems such as cancer … Read more