Scientists have found a Jurassic-age fossil in China that changes our understanding of bird evolution. The fossil, named Baminornis zhenghensis, suggests that birds developed sophisticated flight ...

Well, more like he announced it was all a ruse. Nearly two weeks after Duolingo announced that their mascot Duo—formally known as The Duolingo Owl—had “died,” the language learning app’s ...

Duo the Owl, Duolingo's make-believe mascot ... app quickly recapped the owl’s death before the bright green bird is seen bursting from flames with a comic book-style text bubble that reads ...

In an elaborate marketing campaign this month, Duolingo seemingly killed its viral green owl mascot in every country but one. "Duo, our owl, faked his death in every single market that we had ...

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Mar. 12, 2025 — The discovery of a human facial fragment aged over one million years represents the oldest known face in western Europe and confirms the region was inhabited by two species of ...

Duolingo was part of a free education wave that hit the internet in the early 2010s, as entrepreneurs saw the tools of the web and mobile to as a way to open up entrenched institutions to the masses.

The brains of birds, reptiles, and mammals evolved independently, reveal two recent studies. These findings revolutionize our understanding of brain evolution. The pallium, a crucial brain region for ...

A new study in Nature describes a nearly complete and intact fossilized bird skull from Antarctica, providing insight into the early evolution of modern birds and avian diversity at the end of the Age ...

one user tweetd. Another added: 'DUOLINGO IS DOWN. Listen here bird, this better not ruin my streak!' One joked: 'DuoLingo is down, finally. I'm free from this hell.' And one wrote: 'Good ...