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T-REX MAKEOVER
The image of the tyrannosaurus rex has for many been shaped by the Jurassic Park films, which showed it as a big scary dinosaur with sharp teeth sticking out of its massive mouth. However, according to a new study published in the journal Science, some paleontologists think that the t-rex looked dramatically different than that pop-culture version. An international team of researchers say the t-rex had thin scaly lips that covered its teeth, closer to a modern-day lizard.
TALKING PLANTS
It turns out plants actually have something to say. According to a new study in the journal Cell, plants make noises that sound like popping sounds. Researchers from Tel Aviv University made the discovery by placing tobacco and tomato plants in sound-proof acoustic boxes with ultrasonic microphones. The sounds are undetectable to the human ear, but when translated into a frequency we can hear, they sounded similar to bubble wrap or popping popcorn. They also found that the plants made more sounds when they were thirsty or under stress, but there was no evidence that the noise was done intentionally or as a form of communication.
New research shows that air pollution is deadlier than smoking cigarettes.
Cheddar News checks in with a coast-to-coast forecast of the weather for Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023 and the latest on Hurricane Idalia.
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Florida and Georgia residents living along Hurricane Idalia’s path of destruction are picking through piles of rubble where homes once stood, throwing tarps over roofs and gingerly navigating through mazes of streets left underwater or clogged with fallen trees.
A neurosurgeon investigating a woman’s mystery symptoms in an Australian hospital says she plucked a wriggling worm from the patient’s brain.
Here is the national weather forecast for Tuesday, August 29, 2023.
A medical rescue helicopter caught fire and broke apart shortly after takeoff Monday before crashing into an apartment complex near Fort Lauderdale, killing a paramedic captain on board and a resident on the ground, authorities said.
Florida residents loaded up on sandbags and evacuated from homes in low-lying areas along the Gulf Coast as Tropical Storm Idalia intensified Monday and forecasters predicted it would hit in days as a major hurricane with potentially life-threatening storm surges.
Cheddar News checks in with a coast-to-coast forecast of the weather for Monday, Aug. 28, 2023.
Retired Marine Tony Hernandez spoke with Cheddar News about the proper way to do those push-ups and how an incorrect form could lead to injuries.
