560 million-year-old tentacled creature may be the animal kingdom's first known predator

Video shows raging floods surging in Yellowstone | Tomb of ancient Egyptian mercenary commander found in Egypt | Why does E=mc^2? Created for {EMAIL} | [Web Version]( July 26, 2022 CONNECT WITH LIVESCIENCE  [Facebook]( [Twitter](  [LIVESCIENCE]( Amazing science every day [SIGN UP]( ⋅ [WEBSITE](  [] Top Science News [] [Video shows raging floods surging in Yellowstone]( [Video shows raging floods surging in Yellowstone]( (National Park Service) Water churns in an angry brown torrent, trees collapse as the banks underneath them vanish in the spray, and roads crumble, asphalt carried downriver as if it were driftwood. A newly released video captures the destruction from the historic June 13 flood in Yellowstone National Park, as the raging torrent surged across the park. What once were placid mountain waterways are transformed into roaring cascades; sloping riverbanks become sheer cliffs, their sediment carried away by the rushing water. Full Story: [Live Science]( (7/25) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( Just the Facts, Ma'am "I stopped watching TV news a year ago, so sick of the bias everywhere. But in doing so, I was out of the loop. I decided to give 1440 a try & I've not been disappointed. Finally, Walter Cronkite style reporting! Just the facts. I also love that I can click a link to see more on many stories. Keep up the good work!" [Join for free now](. ADVERTISEMENT: [] History & Archaeology [] [Tomb of ancient Egyptian mercenary commander found in Egypt]( [Tomb of ancient Egyptian mercenary commander found in Egypt]( (Photo courtesy Egyptian Ministry of Tourism & Antiquities) Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered a 2,600-year-old tomb belonging to a man of high status: a "commander of foreign mercenaries" named "Wahibre-mery-Neith." The tomb's embalming cache, found in 2021, includes more than 370 pottery storage jars containing materials used in the commander's mummification, making it the "largest embalming cache ever found in Egypt," a team of Egyptian and Czech researchers said in a statement. The tomb is buried at Abusir (also spelled AbÅ« Ṣīr), a few miles south of the giant necropolis at Saqqara. Full Story: [Live Science]( (7/26) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] Math & Physics [] [Why does E=mc^2?]( [Why does E=mc^2?]( (Eskay Lim / EyeEm via Getty Images) The famous equation E = mc^2, derived by Einstein, means that energy is equal to mass times the speed of light squared. Equivalently, it also means that any amount of mass is equal to energy divided by the speed of light squared. This little equation is central to the theory of special relativity, and also explains how nuclear fusion and fission can generate energy. Full Story: [Live Science]( (7/26) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] Climate Change [] [Polar bears forced to dine on 'batteries and dirty nappies' as climate change pushes them inland]( [Polar bears forced to dine on 'batteries and dirty nappies' as climate change pushes them inland]( (Getty Images) As climate change diminishes Arctic sea ice, polar bears (Ursus maritimus) are being forced to ransack towns and garbage dumps in ever greater numbers, a new study in the journal Oryx finds. While bears eating human garbage is not a new phenomenon, the frequency and severity of human-bear interactions in the Arctic are increasing steadily, the study authors wrote, with some encounters ending in polar bears being shot and killed. Full Story: [Live Science]( (7/26) [] Curious Creatures [] [560 million-year-old tentacled creature may be the animal kingdom's first known predator]( [560 million-year-old tentacled creature may be the animal kingdom's first known predator]( (Photograph: Simon Harris; Artwork: Rhian Kendall; British Geological Survey UKRI 2021) A bizarre, tentacled creature that lived in the deep ocean 560 million years ago resembled a goblet crammed full of wriggling fingers. It may be an ancient relative of modern jellyfish and the earliest known predator in the animal kingdom, analysis of a newly described fossil suggests. Full Story: [Live Science]( (7/26) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email](   [Sign Up]( | [Update Profile]( | [Unsubscribe]( [Privacy Policy]( | [Cookies Policy]( | [Terms and Conditions]( CONTACT US: [FEEDBACK](mailto:livescience@smartbrief.com) | [ADVERTISE]( Future US LLC © 1100 13th St. NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20005