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1 week ago | sciencealert.com | Michael Irving

Long before Tyrannosaurus rex stalked the planet, a Dragon Prince reigned supreme. Paleontologists have discovered a new 'missing link' species that cleared the way for the iconic giant carnivores. The new mid-size tyrannosaur, which lived about 86 million years ago, has been named Khankhuuluu mongoliensis – a name that translates to "Dragon Prince of Mongolia" in honor of where it was found.

1 week ago | beforeitsnews.com | Michael Irving

How each country ranks on meeting the requirements of its population in seven key food groups. (Stehl et al., Nat. Food., 2025) Guyana is the only country that can be entirely self-sufficient in all seven key food groups Global politics don’t feel particularly cooperative at the moment, but which countries could actually feed themselves independently if all international food trade shut down? Just one, according to a new study.

2 weeks ago | sciencealert.com | Michael Irving

Physicists at Fermilab have made the most precise measurement ever of a long-disputed value – the magnetic 'wiggle' of an elementary particle known as a muon. In somewhat disappointing news, that measurement is in strong agreement with the Standard Model, meaning it probably isn't hiding any exotic new physics as some had hoped. A muon is similar to an electron, except it's about 207 times more massive.

2 weeks ago | cityfarmer.info | Michael Irving |Michael Levenston

Guyana is the only country that can be entirely self-sufficient in all seven key food groupsBy Michael IrvingScience AlertJune 4, 2025Excerpt:Global politics don’t feel particularly cooperative at the moment, but which countries could actually feed themselves independently if all international food trade shut down? Just one, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of Göttingen in Germany and the University of Edinburgh analyzed food production data from 186 countries.

2 weeks ago | sciencealert.com | Michael Irving

Global politics don't feel particularly cooperative at the moment, but which countries could actually feed themselves independently if all international food trade shut down? Just one, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of Göttingen in Germany and the University of Edinburgh analyzed food production data from 186 countries. The findings revealed that Guyana is the only country that can be entirely self-sufficient in all seven key food groups that the study focused on.