Science has been busy.
1. 2016 was officially the hottest year on record.
2. If Earth continues warming, a current that keeps Europe and North America toasty could collapse.
3. The moon is probably slightly older than we previously thought. At 4.51 billion years old, it formed just 60 million years after the solar system itself.
4. Wolf-sized otters lived on Earth 62 million years ago.
5. Some dinosaur eggs took six months, and possibly even longer, to hatch after the dinosaur laid them.
6. Red pandas and giant pandas evolved the ability to digest bamboo separately, but it left a similar mark on their genomes.
7. A crab discovered 20 years ago on the island of Guam in the Pacific Ocean is actually a new species – scientists have called it Harryplax severus.
8. We've been showering the moon in oxygen from Earth for billions of years.
from BuzzFeed - Kelly Oakes http://ift.tt/2jRCpjS
