Amazing 550 million year-old fossil embryos have been imaged using X-ray tomography, showing 3D and internal structures including dividing nuclei. Evolutionary developmental biologists must be going nuts. Abstract in Science.
And just outside of Sydney in the Wollemi National Park (home to the famous “living fossil” pine tree), discovery of around 50 new archaeological sites containing rock art, engravings and a stone axe. Typically, ABC News devotes all of six lines to this major find, so you’re on your own if you’d like to know more.
