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AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Six legendary beasts science later proved were real animals Sun Sep 27 23:14:05 2026

A raccoon with short spine syndrome went viral this summer as a supposed new cryptid, and history already holds a longer list of “myths” that turned out to be flesh-and-blood animals. Viral clips this summer cast an unusual animal named Jimothy as a brand-new cryptid. Closer looks identified him as a raccoon with short spine […] The post Six legendary beasts science later proved were real animals appeared first on American Almanac .

A raccoon with short spine syndrome went viral this summer as a supposed new cryptid, and history already holds a longer list of “myths” that turned out to be flesh-and-blood animals. Viral clips this summer cast an unusual animal named Jimothy as a brand-new cryptid. Closer looks identified him as a raccoon with short spine syndrome, not a mystery species. Mental Floss used the moment to walk through six older cases in which folklore, sailor yarns, and explorer tales eventually met skins, skulls, tentacles, and live specimens. The pattern is simple. Locals and field men reported strange animals. Skeptics treated the reports as fantasy. Then someone brought back hard evidence, and the field had to catch up. Komodo’s “land…Open

AMERICANALMANAC (Ken Jacobs) - Overlooked parchment in Dutch archive yields rare verses from Homer’s Odyssey Sun Sep 27 21:27:31 2026

A damaged parchment once dismissed as unremarkable has been identified as a rare fragment of Homer’s Odyssey, one of roughly 30 known worldwide. Mark de Kreij, an assistant professor of Ancient Greek and papyrology at Radboud University, spotted the piece while reviewing Greek manuscripts held in Utrecht University’s special collections in the Netherlands. What scholars […] The post Overlooked parchment in Dutch archive yields rare verses from Homer’s Odyssey appeared first on American Almanac .

A damaged parchment once dismissed as unremarkable has been identified as a rare fragment of Homer’s Odyssey, one of roughly 30 known worldwide. Mark de Kreij, an assistant professor of Ancient Greek and papyrology at Radboud University, spotted the piece while reviewing Greek manuscripts held in Utrecht University’s special collections in the Netherlands. What scholars had treated as a forgettable seventh-century scrap turned out to carry verses from Book 12 of the epic, the episode tied to Helios and the cattle. Fox News Digital reported the find after Utrecht University announced it this month. The fragment is small, damaged, and discolored, with very small, neat letters. Researchers date it to the third or fourth century A.D. and…Open

AMERICANALMANAC (Charles McAdams) - New Japanese armored dinosaur may trace its roots to a North American land bridge Sun Sep 27 21:27:30 2026

Researchers have named a rare armored dinosaur from Japan and report its ancestors may have crossed from North America on a land bridge more than 100 million years ago. A fossil first uncovered on Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido in 1995 has been identified as a new species of nodosaurid, an armored plant-eater. The team […] The post New Japanese armored dinosaur may trace its roots to a North American land bridge appeared first on American Almanac .

Researchers have named a rare armored dinosaur from Japan and report its ancestors may have crossed from North America on a land bridge more than 100 million years ago. A fossil first uncovered on Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido in 1995 has been identified as a new species of nodosaurid, an armored plant-eater. The team used CT scans and fresh anatomical study to give the animal a formal name: Nipponopelta yezoensis. Live Science reported that the find is only the third species of its kind known from Asia so far, and that the bones sit somewhere between 93 million and 100 million years old. The study appears in the February 2027 issue of the journal Cretaceous Research. The surviving pieces are modest but telling: the back of the…Open

YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - UFOs, religion and the Vatican: What could be revealed? | Backscroll Sun Sep 27 18:17:27 2026

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A NewsNation compilation examining the intersection of UFOs and religion and questions about whether Pope Leo could open the Vatican’s secret UFO files.

NEWSNATIONNOW (Josie Fischels) - Experimental weight-loss shot helps patients keep weight off with fewer injections Sun Sep 27 13:54:28 2026

One of the biggest problems with weight-loss drugs is gaining the weight back. A new shot may help people keep it off with monthly injections.

NEWSNATIONNOW (Ross Coulthart) - 'Catastrophic disclosure' is coming, Ross Coulthart warns | Reality Check Sun Sep 27 13:08:07 2026

Ross Coulthart tackles questions about why he believes "catastrophic disclosure" is inevitable, the science behind the wormholes in "Interstellar" following newly declassified documents and weapons deployed in space.

NEWSNATIONNOW (Rob Taub) - 'Dark, scary': GLP-1 user who lost vision says he received no warning Sun Sep 27 00:59:30 2026

Vision loss has impacted Jay Vandergriff's daily life, which he said is noticeable every minute.