Sometimes, timing and setting is what makes something awesome.

1. Knitting showing up where you least expect ita) In a Jack/Ianto fic: "Fifty Things Captain Jack Harkness Learnt After Ianto Jones Learnt How to Knit" by loveslashangst ( Torchwood s2 spoilers). This was originally recced to me by travels_in_time. Lovelovelove. I think it would be amusing even if you don't know ( Read more... )

New-to-us, mid-evolution pterosaur found in China: Darwinopterus modularis! And of course what I'm most excited about is this art by Mark Witton.

( Look out, archaeopteryx! )

* Scientist have sequenced the whole genome of the woolly mammoth! And they did it using nuclear DNA from hairs, not just mitochondrial DNA from bones, which is what they're normally able to do. They think woolly mammoths share 99.4% of their DNA with modern elephants (the Asian variety is a closer match than the African variety) and split off ( Read more... )