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The season when life on earth almost ended
Scientists believe they know which year the asteroid that killed all the dinosaurs collided with Earth. - It is a combination of evidence that allows us to now say when it happened, says Melanie During, researcher at Uppsala University in Sweden. According to the latest estimate, the asteroid that exterminated 76 percent of all species crashed into the earth 66,043 +/- 0.043 million years ago. There is thus an uncertainty of up to 86,000 years in the calculation. Despite this, researchers now believe they are sure that it happened during the boreal spring, that is, when it is spring in the northern hemisphere. How come? One wonders. Melanie During, who works at the Center for Evolutionary Biology at Uppsala University and is the first author of the study now presented in the journal Nature, tells of a place in southwestern North Dakota in the United States, where there is an almost unlikely accumulation of fossils in what once was time was a lake. - The place is called Tanis and there, at Hell Creek, we find lots of fossilized dinosaur teeth, shark teeth and fish. Everything is gathered in one place and most of all these animals died at the same time, just minutes after the impact, she says. How do you know that? - You can compare the impact with throwing a bowling ball in a sandbox. Enormous amounts of molten rock and soil were thrown into space, says Melanie During. Once there, they solidified and formed small glass-like hollow bullets. After between 15 and 30 minutes, the bullets fell to the ground over large areas. Many of the animals that died and fossilized in Tanis were fish. - These bullets are called tektites. Previous research has shown that they can only be formed in space. On Earth, they become completely flat, due to gravity. If you look at the gills in these fossilized fish, you see round tektites everywhere. They are not found in the digestive system, but only in the gills, which means that the tektites came right at the moment of death, says Melanie During. Melanie During researches at the Evolutionary Biology Center in Uppsala. Probably, she says, the fish died from these tektites in combination with the big wave that washed over the area. - There was no tsunami, but the shock wave was so great that the water in the lake shook back and forth, from one side to the other. The same phenomenon can be seen in swimming pools in connection with earthquakes. The scale was probably more than ten meters high and buried all living things in its path. Some of the fossilized fish are different types of sturgeon that died 'a lot' minutes after the collision. These fish have the property that they grow seasonally, starting in the spring. Growth then peaks during the summer, when the supply of food is at its greatest, and then begins to decline in the autumn. In winter, when there is a shortage of food, they hardly grow at all. - It can be seen in the skeleton, much like the annual rings on a tree, says Melanie During. Based on this knowledge, the researchers then analyzed the relationship between two different types of carbon in the skeleton of a number of fossils. - But we did not look at carbon-14, which gave rise to the carbon-14 method, but at carbon-12 and -13. Carbon-12 uses the fish to make sugar, while the other carbon variant is built into the skeleton, says Melanie During. The ratio between these two isotopes thus varies depending on how the fish grows during the year. On one and the same fish, the researchers were able to follow the growth up to seven years back in time. - All fish stopped growing exactly between the lowest value in the winter and the highest value in the summer, that is, in the spring, she continues. From the fact that she and her colleagues think they know that the geological age Mesozoic (which contains the periods Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous) ended in the spring and not at any other time of the year. What does it matter? - This bang has employed researchers for decades. One of all the questions is how come all the dinosaurs died, except those who became birds. The mammals that existed at this time, as well as the crocodiles and turtles, also survived. We do not know why, but the time of year may have mattered. Future research will show that.
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What's new on Netflix in March
- What's new on Netflix in March
- What's new on Netflix in March
Bring out the popcorn bowl and bench your bottoms down on the couch! Netflix offers a decent selection of both TV series and movies in March, just pick and choose! Check out some of the news in the list below and the trailers in the comments. New movies: March 2 The Pirates: The Last Royal Treasure March 3 Surviving Paradis: A Family Tree The Weekend Away Whindersson Nunes: Min egen show! (standup) March 4 Meskina March 8 Autumn Girl March 11 The Adam Project March 15 Adam by Eve: A live in Animation March 18 Windfall New Series: March 1 Worst Roommate Ever (säsong 1) The Guardians of Justice (säsong 1) March 2 Savage Rythm (season 2) March 3 He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (season 2) Midnight at the Pera Place (season 1) March 4 Making fun (season 1) Pieces of Her (season 1) March 8 Last One Standing (season 1) March 9 Fab 5 Germany (season 1) The Andy Warhool Diaries (miniseries) March 10 Kotaro Lives Alone (season 1) Love, Life & Everything in Between (season 1) March 11 Formula 1: Drive to survive (season 4) Life After Death with Tyler Henry (season 1) March 15 Team Zenko Go (season 1) March 16 Bad Vegan (miniseries) March 17 Soil (season 1) March 18 Human Resources (season 1) Eternally Confused and Eager to Love (season 1) Top Boy (season 2) Young, Famous & African (season 1) Cracow Monsters (season 1) March 19 Twenty Five Twenty One (season 1) March 20 Forecasting Lve & weather (season 1) March 22 The Principles of Pleasure (miniseries) March 25 The Bridgertons (season 2)- Say goodbye to the The Bethesda launcher
Anyone who hates having a lot of different launchers on their computer can rejoice at the news that it will soon be one less, at least if you play Bethesda's products. Through their website, they announce that it's time to say goodbye to Bethesda.net Launcher, but also assure that all games we own are safe. Starting in April, we will be able to migrate our games and any wallets to our Steam accounts. The save files for many games will also be transferred automatically, while others require a manual touch. The Bethesda account itself will still be there and available via the website, and you will continue to have to log in to play certain games. This only applies to PC players, and console players do not have to do anything.- Assassin's Creed Valhalla has made over a billion dollars
We already knew that Assassin's Creed Valhalla was a real cash magnet for Ubisoft, but now we have a slightly more specific figure to relate to. In a conversation with investors, CEO Yves Guillemot states that the revenue from the game squeezed above the dream limit of one billion dollars in revenue in December 2021. This most likely also includes the revenue from the expansions released, such as the Siege of Paris, and thanks to the game's popularity, it will be even more. The expansion Dawn of Ragnarok is on its way, and earlier this month we got a better picture of what it will be in a six-minute video. Another thing we can possibly look forward to - if the rumors can be trusted - is a smaller Assassins' Creed game that is said to have a greater focus on stealth and taking place in Baghdad.- Horizon Forbidden West was delayed to avoid crunch
The long-awaited Horizon Forbidden West is released. The idea was that we would have to revisit Aloy and the gang as early as 2021, but the game was delayed until now instead. According to a Dutch newspaper NU, the game was delayed to avoid "crunch" and overtime for the workers. The newspaper interviewed Mathijs de Jonge and he said this: The so-called "cruch culture" is a hot topic in the gaming world that also gets a lot of criticism. There has been a tradition that you basically work day and night the last weeks (sometimes months) to get the projects done, at the expense of workers' health.- Walton Goggins stars in the lead role in the TV series adaptation of Fallout
It has long been confirmed that Amazon is working on a TV series based on Fallout. The last we heard was that Jonathan Nolan will direct the series. Jonathan is the brother of the more famous Christopher Nolan. He has also worked a lot with his brother and helped in many of his films and projects. Now it has been confirmed that the actor Walton Goggins has signed for a lead role, he is known for Django Unchained, The Hateful Eight, The Shield and Sons of Anarchy. There are also rumors that he will play a so-called ghoul, but this is something that has not yet been confirmed. Amanzon aims for the series to go into production this year, which means that it will be a while before it reaches us viewers.- Disney Speedstorm
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- Rage of Mages II: Necromancer
If you haven’t played RoM2 you seriously have missed out. Tons of fun, especially with a friend or two. One of my oldest gaming memories was playing this for hours with a friend.- Format Factory
- Media Player Classic - Black Edition (Portable)
Powerful media player with tons of features and settings. It is not supported anymore but still stands well against the competition like Vlc.- Brave Browser (Portable)
- Multi Commander Bundle (Portable)
This is by far one of the best file explorers I have ever used. Simple and powerful and tons of features.- Arnold Schwarzenegger's secret "Zeus" project?
- Microsoft plans to buy Activision Blizzard for $68 billion
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This is where you find simple Php and Html code snippets. I'm using this first and foremost for my own reference when making changes to themes and other basic things. I will be adding Php and Html scripts for simple changes whenever I come across them. This does not stop you for adding tutorials for your own reference as well. But please, keep it simple. There are tons of advanced Php and Html tutorial sites out there, such as W3schools for one example, which is my go to for help and references.- Insert image using Html
The src Attribute The <img> tag is used to embed an image in an HTML page. The src attribute specifies the path to the image to be displayed: <img src="img_girl.jpg"> There are two ways to specify the URL in the src attribute: 1. Absolute URL - Links to an external image that is hosted on another website. Example: src="https://www.w3schools.com/images/img_girl.jpg". Notes: External images might be under copyright. If you do not get permission to use it, you may be in violation of copyright laws. In addition, you cannot control external images; it can suddenly be removed or changed. 2. Relative URL - Links to an image that is hosted within the website. Here, the URL does not include the domain name. If the URL begins without a slash, it will be relative to the current page. Example: src="img_girl.jpg". If the URL begins with a slash, it will be relative to the domain. Example: src="/images/img_girl.jpg". Tip: It is almost always best to use relative URLs. They will not break if you change domain. The width and height Attributes The <img> tag should also contain the width and height attributes, which specifies the width and height of the image (in pixels): <img src="img_girl.jpg" width="500" height="600"> The alt Attribute The required alt attribute for the <img> tag specifies an alternate text for an image, if the image for some reason cannot be displayed. This can be due to slow connection, or an error in the src attribute, or if the user uses a screen reader. <img src="img_girl.jpg" alt="Girl with a jacket"> - What's new on Netflix in March
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