September 30, 2016
Glowing, going, gone.
Although they’re usually associated with summer, fireflies can still be found lighting up the sky this fall. However, they won’t stay around for long. According to Texas firefly researcher Ben Pfeiffer, these glowing insects will probably disappear sometime later this month.
March 25, 2016
Until about 60 million years ago, penguins soared above the ocean. When they lost the ability to fly, their brains took a while to catch up.
UT geological sciences graduate student James Proffitt compared 3-D models of the inside of the earliest-known flightless penguin skull fossil to the brain shapes of modern penguins. This fossil is about 60 million years old — this penguin was probably alive soon after all penguins stopped flying.
Julianne Hodges 