500-Million-Year-Old Fossil Identified as Oldest Known Chelicerate

Paleontologists at Harvard University have described a large predatory arthropod from the Middle Cambrian of Utah featuring massive three-segmented chelicerae. Named Megachelicerax cousteaui, this soft-bodied animal represents the earliest known member of the chelicerates, pushing back the origins of spiders, scorpions, horseshoe crabs, and sea spiders by 20 million years. The surprisingly complex anatomy of…

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"The Bachelorette" season with Taylor Frankie Paul canceled after 2023 video surfaces, ABC says

“The Bachelorette” season with Taylor Frankie Paul canceled after 2023 video surfaces, ABC says

ABC has scrubbed the upcoming season of “The Bachelorette,” starring Taylor Frankie Paul, citing a newly released video from 2023. Thursday’s unprecedented cancellation of the already filmed season of the long-running reality television show comes days before it was to premiere, on Sunday.  “In light of the newly released video just surfaced today, we have…

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