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Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. One hundred and fifty million years ago, a destructive tropical storm blew across present-day Germany and took the lives of a pair of baby pterosaurs (Pterodactylus). The wild weather created the perfect preservation conditions for paleontologists to study the dynamic duo. Their findings, published on September 5 in the journal Current Biology, could help rewrite our understanding of ancient European ecosystems and the animals that inhabited them. The Mesozoic Era’s lesser known stars The Mesozoic era is frequently associated with massive dinosaurs such as Tyrannosaurus rex…

What would you guess the most visited cities in the world are? Tokyo? New York? The answer might just surprise you. Every year, millions of travelers chart familiar paths across the globe—be it for food, faith, fashion, or simply to stand in the shadow of a landmark they’ve seen a hundred times on screen. According to Euromonitor International’s City Destination Index, a handful of cities continue to rise above the rest, collecting more arrivals than anywhere else on earth. Some are expected, others less so, and together they paint a picture of how and why we travel today. Here are…

Australian and Canadian warships sailing through the sensitive Taiwan Strait have been followed and warned by China’s military, with Beijing describing the incident as a provocation.The People’s Liberation Army’s Eastern Theatre Command said the Australian guided-missile destroyer Brisbane and the Canadian frigate Ville de Quebec were engaged in “trouble-making and provocation”.“The actions of the Canadians and Australians send the wrong signals and increase security risks,” it said.A spokesperson said the Canadian armed forces do not comment on sail plans for currently deployed ships.The spokesperson said the Ville de Quebec is deployed as part of Operation Horizon, meant to promote peace…

New Apple Watches The Apple Watch Series 10 from 2024. Credit: Apple New iPhone announcements are usually paired with new Apple Watch announcements, though if anything, the Watch has changed even less than the iPhone has over the last few years. The Apple Watch Series 11 won’t be getting a screen size increase—the Series 10 bumped things up a smidge just last year, from 41 and 45 mm to 42 and 46 mm. But the screen will apparently have a higher maximum brightness—always useful for outdoor visibility—and there will be a modestly improved Apple S11 chip on the inside. The…

Ahead of the 2025 Primetime Emmys next week, a majority of this year’s trophies are being given out during this weekend’s Creative Arts Emmys. Winners in nearly 100 categories will be chosen on Saturday and Sunday during a two-night event at the Peacock Theater at L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles. An edited presentation of the ceremonies will air on Emmys Eve, Saturday, Sept. 13 at 11 p.m. ET/8 p.m. PT on FXX, and stream on Hulu through Oct. 7. Malin Akerman, Gwendoline Christie, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Ron Howard are among the many presenters on Saturday. The following day, Mikey Day, Danielle Fishel,…

The 2025 Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame class has officially been inducted after a star-studded ceremony on Saturday in Springfield, Massachusetts. Some of the greatest basketball players to ever take the floor, on both the men’s and women’s side, gathered on stage to reflect on their careers and express appreciation to those who helped get them to the Hall of Fame. Here is the full list of Saturday’s inductees:Carmelo Anthony (Player)Dwight Howard (Player)Sue Bird (Player)Maya Moore (Player)Sylvia Fowles (Player)Danny Crawford (Referee)2008 U.S. Olympic men’s team (Carmelo Anthony, Carlos Boozer, Chris Bosh, Kobe Bryant, Dwight Howard, LeBron James, Jason Kidd, Chris Paul, Tayshaun Prince, Michael Redd, Dwyane…

Your support helps us to tell the storyFrom reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.The…

The jihadist group Boko Haram has killed more than 60 people in an overnight attack in Nigeria’s north-eastern Borno State, local officials say.On Friday night militants struck the village of Darul Jamal, home to a military base on the Nigeria-Cameroon border, killing at least five soldiers.The Nigerian Air Force said it killed 30 militants in strikes after receiving reports of the raid on the village, where residents had recently returned following years of displacement.The attack comes amid a resurgence in jihadist activity in Nigeria’s north-east, with Boko Haram fights and rivals, the West African branch of the Islamic State group,…

NEW YORK, NY – SEPTEMBER 08: Melania Trump and Donald Trump attend day 9 of the 2015 US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 8, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Uri Schanker/GC Images)GC Images US Open officials sent an email to broadcasters asking them to censor any negative reactions to President Donald Trump’s appearance at the men’s final on Sunday. The intention is to show Trump on the various feeds during the pre-match ceremony before the final between world No. 1 Jannik Sinner and No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz, when it figures to be…

The artificial intelligence company Anthropic has agreed to pay $1.5bn to settle a class-action lawsuit by book authors who say the company took pirated copies of their works to train its chatbot.The landmark settlement, if approved by a judge as soon as Monday, could mark a turning point in legal battles between AI companies and the writers, visual artists and other creative professionals who accuse them of copyright infringement.The company has agreed to pay authors about $3,000 for each of an estimated 500,000 books covered by the settlement.“As best as we can tell, it’s the largest copyright recovery ever,” said…