Scientists think this weird creature may have been the origin of the modern brain

Those bizarre sea creatures that light up like carnival rides are actually ctenophores, which have an ancient brainlike structure.
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Open-system magmatic evolution and crystallization conditions of the Ediacaran shoshonitic rocks from the São João do Sabugi Pluton, Borborema Province, NE Brazil

The São João do Sabugi Pluton (SJSP) (∼579 Ma) is one of the most expressive occurrences of Ediacaran, syn- to post-collisional shoshonitic rocks in the Rio Piranhas-Seridó Domain, Borborema Province, ...
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47 fascinating posts from the Instagram account ‘The Weird Unknown’

What started as a routine cleaning job turned into a once-in-a-lifetime discovery for Jennifer Dowker, a boat captain and ...