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It lived in a place we now call Alberta, Canada, but this was in an ancient time, long before any names existed. It was a young hadrosaur, a giant ‘duck-billed’ herbivore, and something was wrong with it. We don’t know what killed this dinosaur, but at some point, it swished its long, heavy tail for the last time, lay down on the prairie, and died. Today – at least 66 million years later – all that is known to remain of this magnificent creature are 11 fossilised bone segments from that ancient tail, and scientists have discovered something pretty incredible embedded inside…

An astronomer from NASA claims that aliens have probably already visited the Earth, but we simply don’t know about it, because there is too much hype around the UFO. And in general, we are looking for aliens in the Universe, not on the Earth. NASA researcher Silvano Colombano, the biophysicist at New York University, published a paper on new assumptions regarding the search for extraterrestrial life as part of the SETI project. The researcher stated that aliens had already visited the Earth, although, in reality, the scientist only admits such an opportunity. And the very essence of his work consists of thinking about…

Story by Kelly Larson This little angel came into our world, sent directly from heaven, without a doubt. Isaac is our fourth child, but the first that I gave birth to. He was the result of a successful treatment called In Vitro Fertilization (IVF), our first and only attempt. The fact that I was 48 years old when I got pregnant is a miracle in and of itself. I had long since given up the idea of ever being able to experience pregnancy and childbirth after having been diagnosed with “unexplained infertility,” until a rare contact from a dear friend…

The U.S. Air Force has contracted Boeing to build the first two of potentially 26 E-7A Wedgetail radar planes. Boeing is to kick off work on the U.S. Air Force’s new airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft, with a contract to develop a version of the E-7 Wedgetail radar plane for the service. The Air Force will use the E-7 to replace at least some of its 31 remaining 707-based E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning And Control System, or AWACS, aircraft, which have been struggling with poor mission-capable rates — the Air Force’s metric that reflects levels of operational readiness. According to Boeing, under…

New images show an intact example of the same adapted commercial drone that has struck targets deep in Crimea and inside Russia. The mysterious ‘available on Alibaba’ twin-tail-boom drone that gained notoriety last summer for being tied to long-range ‘kamikaze’ strikes likely carried out by Ukrainian forces has emerged once again. This time, however, instead of blurry faraway video footage and pictures of it high over territory Ukraine does not control, including over Russia itself, or crashed parts of it, new photos show the drone fully intact on the ground. This offers us the best look yet at the shadowy…

Israel has pretty much written the book on using light unmanned aircraft to obliterate enemy air defenses. When you first see Israel Aircraft Industries’ Harop drone, the “Star Trek” association is unmistakable. Like the Klingon Bird of Prey it resembles, the Harop is small, maneuverable, nearly impossible to detect, relatively inexpensive, and is downright deadly. And when it comes to accomplishing its mission, it even operates on the belief that “today is a great day to die.” The diminutive drone doesn’t carry any munitions; it doesn’t need to, because it is the munition. A 50-pound high explosive charge is part of the…

Why the Super Tomcat 21 Was Not To Be: Designed to incorporate the air combat experience learned during the Vietnam wᴀʀ, the Grumman F-14 was the first of the American “Teen Series” fighter jets that would include the F-15 Eagle, F-16 Fighting Falcon, and the F/A-18 Hornet. During its three decades in service with the United States Navy, the F-14 Tomcat more than lived up to the role it was initially designed for, drawing blood in combat and even getting its moment in the spotlight in the film Top Gun. The carrier-based multi-role fighter was developed after the United…

Grand Healthcare “With loyalty, I will endeavor to aid the physician in his work, and devote myself to the welfare of those committed to my care.” Every day, nurses take these words from the Florence Nightingale oath to heart, striving to ensure their patients’ welfare—but some, like registered nurse Jennifer Smith, take that commitment to care a step further. Last November, Smith got a panicked call from John Burley, one of her patients from the adult day health care program at Rome, New York’s Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. He’d been hospitalized with pneumonia, and with no nearby family to…

President Joe Biden awards the Medal of Honor to retired Army Col. Paris Davis for his heroism during the Vietnam War, in the East Room of the White House, Friday, March 3, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) Retired Army Col. Paris Davis, 83, stood in the East Room of the White House on Friday as President Joe Biden draped the Medal of Honor around his neck, nearly six decades after he saved the lives of three fellow troops during the Vietnam War. The retired Green Beret, who was a trailblazer as one of the first Black officers to join the Special Forces, told Military.com…

Jack Holder, who survived the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and later became a decorated World War II flyer who flew more than 100 missions in the Pacific and European theaters, died at age 101 in Arizona on Feb. 24, 2023. PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (Dec. 5, 2021) Pearl Harbor survivor Jack Holder, from Arizona, attends a luncheon aboard The Battleship Missouri Memorial as part of the 80th Anniversary Pearl Harbor Remembrance. Dec. 7, 2021, marks the 80th anniversary of the attacks on Pearl Harbor and Oahu.(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ernesto Bonilla) I spent a memorable day…

Actors Michael Ironside (left) as “Jester” and Tom Skerritt as “Viper” in “Top Gun.” (Paramount Pictures) Actor Tom Skerritt may be remembered as “Viper” from the 1986 film “Top Gun,” the guy who got the best of Maverick and Goose in an obsolete A-4A Skyhawk, but there’s a real-life “Viper” who’s a real-life badass. Rear Adm. Pete Pettigrew, callsign “Viper,” not only served as a technical adviser on the film, he can be seen as “Perry,” the man who shows up just after “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin'” and snags Charlie away from her destiny. By the…

The mother plays an indispensable part in children’s development. A baby needs a mother’s love and care to grow up healthily and happily. This is not only true with us, humans, but is also proved in the animal world. A wild baby animal can’t probably survive in the wild without having its mother’s nurture. These poor animals need to struggle with thirst, hunger, and danger (from nature and humans). Some can wait until they get help but some can’t. This hurts. Image Credits: Instagram/ luna_the_pantera Thankfully, Luna the baby panther in this story doesn’t meet that end. The cub was born in a…

71-year-old Joao Pereira de Souza nursed Dindim back to health after he washed up on the shore nearly dead in 2011. Dindim has been swimming 8,000km to meet him every year ever since. Dindim the penguin swims over 8,000km to Brazil every year to bond with his rescuer and human friend Joao Pereira de Souza. (Source: Wall Street Journal via YouTube) Dindim — a South American Magellanic penguin — swims over 8,000km every year to meet his human friend Joao Pereira de Souza — a 71-year-old retired bricklayer and part-time fisherman living on an island off the coast of Rio…

Mac, I still remember when you were just a kitten, you fitted in my palm, you liked to enter my shoes, you were afraid of lightning and the rain, you were so small and full of curiosity. Shutterstock You were one of the best things that has ever happened to me. You cheered me up just by being there, even when you acted like a f**king a**hole, I loved every second of it because it was your personality, and you were mine. I wish there could be more time for me to be with you, I wish you…

After years of planning, infantry Marines are finally getting their hands on small arms suppressors aimed at helping combat units avoid detection while firing on enemy positions. A U.S. Marine utilizes a suppressor while providing security on a company attack range in Twentynine Palms, Calif., Oct. 21, 2016. (U.S. Marine Corps/Sarah N. Petrock) Marine Corps Systems Command began fielding the first 13,700 Knight’s Armament Company suppressors designed for M4 and M4A1 carbines and M27 infantry automatic rifles to Marines at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. The command hopes to field approximately 30,000 of the devices by fiscal year 2023. “We’ve never fielded suppressors at this…

For many of us, we never particularly cared for Curt Schilling during his MLB playing days. Schilling played for five different teams – including the much-despised Red Sox and Phillies – and was considered a staff ace for most of his career. Yet while many of us rooted against Schilling and his teams, very few of us ever questioned his skills or tenacity; see Schilling’s 2004 ‘bloody sock’ incident for reference. If we’re being honest, most of us would have loved to have him pitching for our team. During his career, Schilling was famous as a ballplayer and nothing else.…

A Pennsylvania 9-year-old was the fete of the his school community for accomplishing the impressive feat of graduating high school. ‘I want to be an astrophysicist, and I want to study black holes and supernovas,’ David Balogun said. Photograph: WGAL-TV David Balogun of Bucks County, Pennsylvania likes to think of himself as just another kid who enjoys the same activities as his peers, but what separates the Bensalam native is his membership in the high-IQ organization Mensa. David said he was able to graduate nearly a decade ahead of his peers as a result of his determination and hard work. “I…

Asbury University has, for almost two weeks now, been the scene of a massive prayer revival. Thousands of students, faculty, locals, and Christians from around the country have gathered around the country to turn what started off as a normal chapel service into a weeks-long continuous gathering of the faithful. Up until recently, however, the event has primarily been confined to Protestant Christians. Asbury is a Protestant University and public prayer “revivals” of this sort are much more a feature of Protestant churches than Orthodox or Roman Catholic Churches, which tend to focus more on traditional services and ceremonies than…

The U.S. Army has dramatically increased the range of its howitzer guns, setting a new distance record. In a new test, the Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA) gun fired a precision-guided shell to a range of 43 miles, or enough to shell Washington D.C. from Baltimore. The Army says the gun now holds the world record for precision strikes … but a new Russian howitzer could soon challenge that. The Army conducted the test, according to Defense News, at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona, firing an M109A7 Paladin Integrated Management (PIM) howitzer fitted with a longer, 58-caliber gun. (In field artillery, “caliber”…

An exceptional 17-year-old girl named Onovu Otitigbe-Dangerfield has broken the 152-year-old record of Albany High School in New York after becoming the first-ever black valedictorian of the school. Onovu Otitigbe-Dangerfield graduated with an outstanding 4.0 GPA in 2021, beating all her colleagues to clinch the prestigious award. “It’s overwhelming and really surreal to me, especially hearing from Black girls from other schools that it inspired and motivated them, reaching out to me [saying] ‘it was so nice to see one of us in there,” Onovu told GMA. She added that she feels honoured not only for breaking her school’s record but…

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Little Puppy Nudged His Head Near Motionless Brother Wanting Him To Play. The savior of Beast Aid Unlimited began to help a puppy that was motionless due to a crushed paw. His family kept wondering why he could n’t play, and his mama grew increasingly upset, writers love my dog so much. The puppy was hysterical but asked to be taken care of, so they accurately picked it up and transported it back to the nursing home for further evaluation. There, he was veritably stalwart and sounded to know they were just trying to help. The good boy was given…