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Footprints discovered from the last dinosaurs to walk on UK soil

Posted: 18 Jun 2021 10:40 AM PDT

Footprints from at least six different species of dinosaur -- thought to be the very last dinosaurs to walk on UK soil 110 million years ago -- have been found in Kent.

The Earth has a pulse -- a 27.5-million-year cycle of geological activity

Posted: 18 Jun 2021 10:40 AM PDT

Geologic activity on Earth appears to follow a 27.5-million-year cycle, giving the planet a 'pulse,' according to a new study.

First evidence that medieval plague victims were buried individually with 'considerable care'

Posted: 17 Jun 2021 10:38 AM PDT

DNA analysis has revealed the presence of 'Yersinia Pestis' - the pathogen that causes plague - in skeletal remains from individual burials in medieval Cambridgeshire, confirming for the first time that not all plague victims were buried in mass graves. Compassion and care were shown to victims even during traumatic times during past pandemics.