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Creían que era una planta, pero resultó ser una tortuga: así es “Turtwig”, la antigua especie hallada en Colombia y bautizada en honor a Pokémon

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:44:32 GMT

(CNN) — Antiguos fósiles vegetales que desconcertaban a los científicos han resultado no ser plantas después de todo, según revela una nueva investigación.En su lugar, estas pequeñas formas redondeadas eran caparazones de tortugas bebé que vivieron en la época de los dinosaurios. Los científicos han bautizado a esta especie de tortuga como “Turtwig”, en honor a un personaje de Pokémon que es mitad tortuga y mitad planta.Según los autores del estudio, es la primera vez que se encuentran caparazones de tortugas bebé en el noroeste de Sudamérica.Los resultados de su investigación se publicaron el jueves en la revista Palaeontologia Electronica.“En el universo Pokémon, uno se encuentra con el concepto de combinar dos o más elementos, como animales, máquinas, plantas, etc.”, dijo el autor principal Héctor Palma-Castro, estudiante de posgrado de Paleobotánica en la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, en un comunicado.“Así, cuando se tiene un fósil inicial...

Adekokoya leads Kennesaw State against South Carolina Upstate after 22-point game

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:44:32 GMT

Kennesaw State Owls (6-3) at South Carolina Upstate Spartans (4-5)Spartanburg, South Carolina; Saturday, 7 p.m. ESTFANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Owls -2; over/under is 158BOTTOM LINE: Kennesaw State visits the South Carolina Upstate Spartans after Quincy Adekokoya scored 22 points in Kennesaw State’s 79-76 overtime victory over the UNC Asheville Bulldogs.The Spartans are 2-0 on their home court. South Carolina Upstate is the leader in the Big South with 14.7 fast break points.The Owls are 0-3 on the road. Kennesaw State ranks second in the ASUN with 44.6 rebounds per game led by Demond Robinson averaging 8.9.South Carolina Upstate averages 8.9 made 3-pointers per game, 2.1 more made shots than the 6.8 per game Kennesaw State gives up. Kennesaw State has shot at a 42.7% clip from the field this season, 1.1 percentage points fewer than the 43.8% shooting opponents of South Carolina Upstate have averaged.TOP PERFORMERS: Trae Broadnax is shooting 46.9% and averaging 12.7 points for the...

Oregon takes on UTEP after overtime win

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:44:32 GMT

UTEP Miners (6-3) at Oregon Ducks (5-2)Eugene, Oregon; Saturday, 9 p.m. ESTFANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Ducks -13; over/under is 145BOTTOM LINE: Oregon hosts the UTEP Miners after the Ducks took down the Michigan Wolverines 86-83 in overtime.The Ducks are 3-0 on their home court. Oregon ranks fifth in the Pac-12 with 9.7 offensive rebounds per game led by N’Faly Dante averaging 6.0.The Miners are 0-1 on the road. UTEP is fifth in the CUSA with 24.3 defensive rebounds per game led by Kevin Kalu averaging 4.1.Oregon averages 8.3 made 3-pointers per game, 2.3 more made shots than the 6.0 per game UTEP allows. UTEP scores 7.2 more points per game (81.9) than Oregon allows (74.7).TOP PERFORMERS: Jermaine Couisnard is scoring 12.6 points per game and averaging 4.1 rebounds for the Ducks. Brennan Rigsby is averaging 1.7 made 3-pointers for Oregon.Tae Hardy is shooting 40.0% from beyond the arc with 2.0 made 3-pointers per game for the Miners, while averaging 14.8 points, 3.7 assists and...

No. 19 Oklahoma squares off against Arkansas

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:44:32 GMT

Arkansas Razorbacks (6-3) vs. Oklahoma Sooners (8-0)Tulsa, Oklahoma; Saturday, 4 p.m. ESTFANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Sooners -4; over/under is 147BOTTOM LINE: The Arkansas Razorbacks and the No. 19 Oklahoma Sooners play at BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.The Sooners have an 8-0 record against non-conference oppponents. Oklahoma has a 1-0 record in games decided by less than 4 points.The Razorbacks have a 6-3 record in non-conference games. Arkansas has a 1-0 record in one-possession games.Oklahoma makes 50.9% of its shots from the field this season, which is 9.3 percentage points higher than Arkansas has allowed to its opponents (41.6%). Arkansas has shot at a 47.3% clip from the field this season, 9.2 percentage points higher than the 38.1% shooting opponents of Oklahoma have averaged.TOP PERFORMERS: Otega Oweh is shooting 67.6% and averaging 15.4 points for the Sooners. Javian McCollum is averaging 14.3 points for Oklahoma.Tramon Mark is averaging 17 points for the Razorbacks. Khalif B...

Cleveland State faces Kent State on 4-game road slide

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:44:32 GMT

Cleveland State Vikings (6-4, 1-1 Horizon League) at Kent State Golden Flashes (6-3)Kent, Ohio; Saturday, 2 p.m. ESTFANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Golden Flashes -11.5; over/under is 147.5BOTTOM LINE: Cleveland State visits Kent State looking to break its four-game road slide.The Golden Flashes are 3-2 on their home court. Kent State scores 84.4 points while outscoring opponents by 12.4 points per game.The Vikings are 0-4 on the road. Cleveland State ranks eighth in the Horizon League with 11.6 assists per game led by Tristan Enaruna averaging 2.9.Kent State averages 84.4 points, 16.5 more per game than the 67.9 Cleveland State gives up. Cleveland State has shot at a 43.4% clip from the field this season, 0.6 percentage points above the 42.8% shooting opponents of Kent State have averaged.TOP PERFORMERS: Jalen Sullinger averages 2.3 made 3-pointers per game for the Golden Flashes, scoring 15.6 points while shooting 39.6% from beyond the arc. Chris Payton is shooting 52.6% and averaging 1...

John Kerry warns against carbon capture’s ‘great facade’ as a climate cure-all

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:44:32 GMT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Some countries at the COP28 climate talks are lying about the potential for capturing the greenhouse gases fossil fuels emit, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said.Kerry was speaking at an event on Friday evening on the sidelines of the U.N. COP28 climate talks in Dubai, where the nations of the world are wrangling over the draft of a pledge to end fossil fuel use.The deal has been forcefully opposed by fossil fuel-producing countries, including Saudi Arabia. Negotiators from Riyadh argue carbon pollution can be largely captured and buried using scrubbing technology that Kerry said remains largely unproven at the needed scale.“There are people here who want to just continue business as usual. And the great facade is: ‘Oh no, we’ll be able to capture everything,’” said Kerry, his voice hoarse from a chest cold. “No scientist tells me we can capture it all. Can’t do it. Can we capture some? Yes, and by the way, I’m for it.”Kerry said it was...

Gallery: Gronk gifts cars to members of Army and Navy

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:44:32 GMT

Man in critical condition from shooting in North York

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:44:32 GMT

A man is in critical condition from being shot in the Wilson Avenue and Highway 400 area of North York on Saturday morning.Police responded to reports at approximately 6:29 a.m. of a male lying on the roadway, and Constable Laura Brabant says the man was found on Wilson Avenue just west of Highway 400.Medics transported an adult man to the hospital via emergency run, advising he had been shot. His injuries are life-threatening.Anyone with information is asked to contact police.

Zimbabwe holds special elections after court rules to remove 9 opposition lawmakers from Parliament

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:44:32 GMT

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe is holding special elections Saturday for nine seats in Parliament after opposition lawmakers were removed from their positions and disqualified from running again. The opposition called it an illegal push by the ruling ZANU-PF party to bolster its parliamentary majority and possibly change the constitution. This may allow President Emmerson Mnangagwa, 81, who was reelected for a second and final term in August amid international and regional criticism, to run for another term.All nine opposition lawmakers from the Citizens Coalition for Change party that were removed were elected in the national vote in August. But an official claiming to be the secretary-general of the party recalled them from their positions in the weeks after that election.CCC leader Nelson Chamisa said the official, Sengezo Tshabangu, held no position with the party and his instructions should be ignored. But Zimbabwean courts recognized Tshabangu’s authority, ruled to rem...

Fields of anxiety: Overcoming stigma to address mental health struggles of farmers

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:44:32 GMT

Christi Friesen remembers her husband saying he knew that the cloud of depression over her was finally lifting when he saw her smile at the end of the gruelling 2016 harvest season.That October had been brutal, with three storms dumping about 20 centimetres of snow on the couple’s Peace River, Alta., grain farm. On the morning of the third snowstorm, Friesen felt the wind knocked out of her when she looked out the window to see a blanket of white covering crops she had hoped they would harvest that day.“Oh my God. I just sat on the bed and I just cried, and I held my head in my hands,” she said in a recent interview. “I just cried and cried and cried …. It was an awful year.”Most Canadian farm families are familiar with the stresses that come with agriculture. Their livelihoods can be affected by the vagaries of nature, crop or animal disease and even distant wars, but often they find themselves silenced by the stigma surrounding mental illness.An...