If you would also like to help protect hubs of diverse animal life, including the ocean, try to avoid single-use plastics, shop smarter for personal care products and choose sustainable fish at the market. Onyango said he hopes his photos of rare animals will inspire action to protect wildlife and their habitats from destruction before some species reach the tipping point of extinction. Award-winning conservation photographer Anthony Ochieng Onyango devotes his time to capturing images of decreasing populations, such as the roan antelope. Our world supports about 8.7 million species, but some of them are dwindling. Happy Earth Day to the “ Blue Marble” we call home. Just over a dozen roan antelopes live in Kenya's Ruma National Park. ![]() But among the graves, researchers found elaborate tombs, including one of an elite woman buried with golden artifacts and the remains of six horses and a chariot. The empire’s population was likely multiethnic, multicultural and multilingual, given how genetically diverse its people were.Ĭhinese rulers regarded the Xiongnu as barbarians. ![]() Now, a genetic investigation of two cemeteries in present-day Mongolia has revealed new insights about the rival of imperial China that rose to power in the second century BC. There are few written records of the Xiongnu, a dynasty of nomadic people who conquered distant places on horseback and pushed China to build its Great Wall. ![]() Musk and SpaceX regard the test as successful because it completed a number of objectives for a vehicle that could carry astronauts to the moon or Mars one day.īut the company will have to work through challenges to achieve significant milestones before Musk’s vision becomes a reality.Īnalysis of ancient DNA is bringing a powerful empire out of the shadows of history. When it was time for the rocket boosters to separate from the spacecraft, the entire stack lost some of its engines and began to tumble before the flight termination system triggered a midair explosion. The rocket blasted off from the launchpad in South Texas and roared 24.2 miles (39 kilometers) over the Gulf of Mexico. Initially, the historic first test flight of Starship appeared to be going smoothly. SpaceX's Starship lifts off Thursday morning from Boca Chica, Texas.
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