Archives: October2009

• ODD NEW PTEROSAUR: “Darwin’s Wing” Fills Evolution Gap

  A newfound fossil predator, which may have hunted other flyers, is a hodgepodge of older and more modern flying reptiles, scientists say, bridging a gap in pterosaur evolution.

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• SPACE PHOTOS THIS WEEK: Moon Crash, Galaxy Merger, More

  Check out the tail-end of a galactic tussle, see the lighter side of Mars’s “Labyrinth of Night,” spy on ships’ tracks as seen from the skies, and more in the week’s best space pictures.

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• Snake Handling 101

  Quick! What should you do if a venomous snake slithers into your workplace? A two-day course in Australia has the answers. Video.