An international team of scientists reports the oldest unambiguous hunting lesions documented in the history of humankind. The lesions were found on skeletons of two … Neandertals practiced close-range hunting 120,000 years agoRead more
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The True Power of the Solar Wind
The planets and moons of our solar system are continuously being bombarded by particles hurled away from the sun. On Earth this has hardly any … The True Power of the Solar WindRead more
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Unprecedented Detail In Pulsar 6500 Light-Years From Earth
A team of astronomers has performed one of the highest resolution observations in astronomical history by observing two intense regions of radiation, 20 kilometres apart, … Unprecedented Detail In Pulsar 6500 Light-Years From EarthRead more
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13,000-year-old human footprints found off Canada’s Pacific coast
Human footprints found off Canada’s Pacific coast may be 13,000 years old, according to a study published March 28, 2018 in the open-access journal PLOS … 13,000-year-old human footprints found off Canada’s Pacific coastRead more
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Stephen Hawking Fighter for Progressive Politics
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Mammals share mechanisms controlling the heart with a 400 million-year-old fish
Mammals show an increase in heart rate when breathing in and a decrease during expiration – a cardiorespiratory process known as respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA). … Mammals share mechanisms controlling the heart with a 400 million-year-old fishRead more
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Bubbles of life from the past
1.6 billion years old fossilized oxygen bubbles, created by tiny microbes in what was once a shallow sea somewhere on young Earth. They were not … Bubbles of life from the pastRead more
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Hubble observes exoplanet atmosphere in more detail than ever before
An international team of scientists has used the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to study the atmosphere of the hot exoplanet WASP-39b. WASP-39b is orbiting a … Hubble observes exoplanet atmosphere in more detail than ever beforeRead more
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Beewolves have been successfully using the same antibiotics for 68 million years
The discovery of penicillin about 90 years ago and the widespread introduction of antibiotics to combat infectious diseases have revolutionized human medicine. However, in recent … Beewolves have been successfully using the same antibiotics for 68 million yearsRead more
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Voyager 1 Fires Up Thrusters After 37 Years
Voyager 1, NASA’s farthest and fastest spacecraft, is the only human-made object in interstellar space, the environment between the stars. The spacecraft, which has been … Voyager 1 Fires Up Thrusters After 37 YearsRead more